background and aim: tinnitus retraining therapy (trt) comprises comprehensive edu­cational counseling and sound therapy. the aim of this study was to compare the eff­ectiveness of trt relative to a simplified version of trt (strt). simplified trt is different from trt in the duration and type of the educational counseling (shorter) but is similar to trt in the application of sound therapy. meth...

background and aim: the aim of this article was to critically discuss the clinical application of a cognitive behaviour therapy (cbt) protocol for the treatment of hyperacusis and its asso­ciated distress. methods: narrative review recent findings: reviewing the research lit­erature suggests that hyperacusis, anxiety and safety seeking behaviours may be linked. therefore, it seems reasonable to...

The sequential sound therapy is a treatment for tinnitus with white noise that has some own characteristics. We describe the methodology, as well as their differences and similarities with the Tinnitus Retraining Therapy. The sequential sound therapy has been carried out to seventeen patients assisted during the year 2002. 26 generators of sound were adapted, of them, 22 had incorporated an ear...

INTRODUCTION AND GOALS Idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss is a hearing disorder of unknown cause. The spontaneous recovery rate ranges from 50 to 75% of the patients. Scientific experiments on animals support the present study in patients with sudden deafness treated with sounds. PATIENTS AND METHODS During the period 2003-2009, patients with idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing ...