Common questions about tinnitus

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1. How is tinnitus produced?

Tinnitus is a vicious circle, which is characterized by a variety of sound perception originated in the ear, but there is no corresponding external sound source. In other words, the patient produces a continuous annoying sound without corresponding stimulation.

2. What are the treatment principles of tinnitus?

The treatment principle of tinnitus is to find the cause and treat the cause.

If tinnitus continues to occur, the cause of tinnitus is not clear, or the cause of tinnitus is clear but can not be cured for a long time, or the cause of tinnitus is still serious after cure, it is better to use “acclimatization therapy”.

3. What is tinnitus therapy?

Hazell and jastroboff first proposed the treatment in 1992. The purpose of habituation therapy is to adapt and get used to tinnitus.

Although tinnitus still rings, it has no effect on mood, sleep, work, study and life.

4. What are the contents or steps of tinnitus acclimatization therapy?

The treatment includes five parts:

(1) low intensity noise masking;

(2) relaxation training;

(3) distraction training;

(4) psychological consultation and psychotherapy;

(5) drugs.

5. What is low intensity noise masking?

Most tinnitus patients often feel that “tinnitus is not very loud during the day, but it is loud at night”. This is because the environment noise in the day is large, which can properly cover part of tinnitus. http://www.etimbre.cc/

Using this principle, tinnitus therapists use noise to mask tinnitus, in order to make patients more easily adapt to and get used to tinnitus in the noise.

Generally speaking, “low intensity noise” refers to the masking noise that can be just heard, has low loudness and does not cause discomfort. As high-intensity noise is easy to aggravate acoustic damage, high-intensity noise is generally not used to mask tinnitus.

6. How to conduct relaxation training?

Tension is not only the cause of tinnitus, but also a kind of psychological reaction after tinnitus.

Yoga, Taiji, meditation and other exercises can relax the muscles of the whole body, so as to eliminate distractions and tension.

7. How to train attention transfer?

Tinnitus patients usually ignore tinnitus when they are busy, because the patient’s attention is not focused on tinnitus.

Using this phenomenon, patients with tinnitus can be properly trained to shift their attention. Once tinnitus occurs, try to turn your attention to something else and do something that interests you in order to distract or divert your attention from tinnitus.

8. What is the general process of tinnitus counseling and psychotherapy?

(1) to explain the pathophysiological knowledge of tinnitus;

(2) according to the cause of tinnitus, explain the harmfulness of tinnitus;

(3) if the disease causing tinnitus is not life-threatening, but tinnitus cannot be relieved immediately, it is often recommended to use tinnitus acclimatization therapy;

(4) if the patient often suspects that his / her condition is aggravating, he / she will often have such emotions as tension, fear, worry, anxiety, depression, etc. he / she will often be referred to the psychological department or mental health department for consultation and treatment.

9. Which drugs can treat tinnitus?

There are many medicines for tinnitus, but none of them are special drugs. No medicine can stop tinnitus immediately.

The effect of one drug cannot be repeated in all patients. Therefore, the principle of medication is experimental and short-term.

10. How can tinnitus be cured?

It is generally understood that the so-called “cured” is that the tinnitus will not ring. However, tinnitus is a complex symptom of many diseases. The cause of tinnitus is not clear. At present, there is no way to ensure that tinnitus does not ring.

According to modern medicine, the “adaptation” to tinnitus is “cured”. This “adaptation” shows that although tinnitus is still ringing, it does not affect mood, sleep, life, and can live in peace with tinnitus.