Early-phase outcome of Tinnitus Retraining Therapy and comparison of sound therapy measures

Comparison of tinnitus masking and tinnitus retraining therapy.

Two methods for treating tinnitus are compared. Tinnitus masking has been used for over 25 years, and although this method is used in clinics around the world, there are many misconceptions regarding the proper protocol for its clinical application. Tinnitus retraining therapy has been used clinically for over 12 years and has received considerable international attention. Although these method...

Effects of Tinnitus Retraining Therapy with Different Colours of Sound.

BACKGROUND In Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (TRT) sound stimulation is conventionally performed with low-level broadband sound generators; since the patient has to receive it for many hours in a day, it is important that the sound is tolerable and agreeable to the patient. A clinical trial was undertaken to evaluate the effect of different colour sound generators on tinnitus. The colour of a soun...

Tinnitus Retraining Therapy

Tinnitus Severity and the Sound Therapy Outcome

which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Correspondence To the editor: We read the article by Kim et al. [1] with great interest. Since tinnitus is common among otological patients and serious if untreated , the comparative study on different sounds in relieving tinnitus is relevant. The informatio...

Outcomes of clinical trial: tinnitus masking versus tinnitus retraining therapy.

A controlled clinical study was conducted to evaluate prospectively the clinical efficacy of tinnitus masking (TM) and tinnitus retraining therapy (TRT) in military veterans having clinically significant tinnitus. Qualifying patients were placed into the two groups in an alternating manner (to avoid selection bias), and treatment was administered at 0, 3, 6, 12, and 18 months. Outcomes of treat...