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Sound generator associated with the counseling in the treatment of tinnitus: evaluation of the effectiveness()
INTRODUCTION: The relations between the tinnitus and the hearing loss are due to the sensory deprivation caused by hearing loss, since this is followed by the functional and structural alteration of the auditory system as a whole. The cochlear lesions are accompanied by a reduction in the activity o...
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author | Rocha, Andressa Vital Mondelli, Maria Fernanda Capoani Garcia |
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description | INTRODUCTION: The relations between the tinnitus and the hearing loss are due to the sensory deprivation caused by hearing loss, since this is followed by the functional and structural alteration of the auditory system as a whole. The cochlear lesions are accompanied by a reduction in the activity of the cochlear nerve, and the neural activity keeps increased in mainly all the central auditory nervous system to compensate this deficit. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to verify the effectiveness of the sound generator (SG) associated with the counseling in the treatment of the tinnitus in individuals with and without hearing loss regarding the improvement of the nuisance through Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI) and Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). METHODS: The sample consisted of 30 individuals of both genders divided into two groups: Group 1 (G1) was comprised of 15 individuals with tinnitus and normal hearing, adapted to SG; Group 2 (G2) was comprised of 15 individuals with complaints of hearing acuity and tinnitus, adapted with SG and an individual hearing aid device (HA). Both groups underwent the following procedures: anamnesis and history of complaint, high frequency audiometry (HFA), imitanciometry, acuphenometry with the survey of psychoacoustic pitch and loudness thresholds and application of the tools THI and VAS. All of them were adapted with HA and Siemens SG and participated in a session of counseling. The individuals were assessed in three situations: initial assessment (before the adaptation of the HA and SG), monitoring and final assessment (6 months after adaptation). RESULTS: The comparison of the tinnitus nuisance and handicap in the three stages of assessment showed a significant improvement for both groups. CONCLUSION: The use of the SG was similarly effective in the treatment of the tinnitus in individuals with and without hearing loss, causing an improvement of the nuisance and handicap. |
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spelling | pubmed-94447232022-09-09 Sound generator associated with the counseling in the treatment of tinnitus: evaluation of the effectiveness() Rocha, Andressa Vital Mondelli, Maria Fernanda Capoani Garcia Braz J Otorhinolaryngol Original Article INTRODUCTION: The relations between the tinnitus and the hearing loss are due to the sensory deprivation caused by hearing loss, since this is followed by the functional and structural alteration of the auditory system as a whole. The cochlear lesions are accompanied by a reduction in the activity of the cochlear nerve, and the neural activity keeps increased in mainly all the central auditory nervous system to compensate this deficit. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to verify the effectiveness of the sound generator (SG) associated with the counseling in the treatment of the tinnitus in individuals with and without hearing loss regarding the improvement of the nuisance through Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI) and Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). METHODS: The sample consisted of 30 individuals of both genders divided into two groups: Group 1 (G1) was comprised of 15 individuals with tinnitus and normal hearing, adapted to SG; Group 2 (G2) was comprised of 15 individuals with complaints of hearing acuity and tinnitus, adapted with SG and an individual hearing aid device (HA). Both groups underwent the following procedures: anamnesis and history of complaint, high frequency audiometry (HFA), imitanciometry, acuphenometry with the survey of psychoacoustic pitch and loudness thresholds and application of the tools THI and VAS. All of them were adapted with HA and Siemens SG and participated in a session of counseling. The individuals were assessed in three situations: initial assessment (before the adaptation of the HA and SG), monitoring and final assessment (6 months after adaptation). RESULTS: The comparison of the tinnitus nuisance and handicap in the three stages of assessment showed a significant improvement for both groups. CONCLUSION: The use of the SG was similarly effective in the treatment of the tinnitus in individuals with and without hearing loss, causing an improvement of the nuisance and handicap. Elsevier 2016-11-11 /pmc/articles/PMC9444723/ /pubmed/27923565 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjorl.2016.03.021 Text en © 2016 Associação Brasileira de Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia Cérvico-Facial. Published by Elsevier Editora Ltda. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Original Article Rocha, Andressa Vital Mondelli, Maria Fernanda Capoani Garcia Sound generator associated with the counseling in the treatment of tinnitus: evaluation of the effectiveness() |
title | Sound generator associated with the counseling in the treatment of tinnitus: evaluation of the effectiveness() |
title_full | Sound generator associated with the counseling in the treatment of tinnitus: evaluation of the effectiveness() |
title_fullStr | Sound generator associated with the counseling in the treatment of tinnitus: evaluation of the effectiveness() |
title_full_unstemmed | Sound generator associated with the counseling in the treatment of tinnitus: evaluation of the effectiveness() |
title_short | Sound generator associated with the counseling in the treatment of tinnitus: evaluation of the effectiveness() |
title_sort | sound generator associated with the counseling in the treatment of tinnitus: evaluation of the effectiveness() |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9444723/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27923565 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjorl.2016.03.021 |
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