Important facts about tinnitus

80% of tinnitus patients do not need treatment, but 20% need special long-term tinnitus treatment and rehabilitation.

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At present, there is no specific medicine for tinnitus, which can produce sustained and reliable curative effect.

All tinnitus patients had different degrees of phobia before the diagnosis.

Successful tinnitus acclimatization treatment has now been reduced to 3 months, which requires a certain amount of time and continuous psychological consultation and intervention.

80% – 90% of tinnitus patients had positive reactions in different degrees.

There are two main purposes of acclimatization: the first is to change the response to tinnitus, and the second is to change the perception of tinnitus.

According to statistics, there are at least 129 tinnitus treatment methods in different countries and regions.

The average time from the first tinnitus attack to hospital treatment is 6.4 years.

Is tinnitus a disease or a symptom?

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Whether tinnitus is a symptom or a disease remains controversial. In terms of ICD-9 and ICD-10, tinnitus was coded as 388.3 and h93.1 in two global disease classification systems

According to the classification principle, the “location” of tinnitus is defined as h93.1: that is, the location of tinnitus is in the ear.

The pathogenesis of tinnitus remains a mystery

Tinnitus can be regarded as the origin of tinnitus in the center, with the participation of non auditory system, which plays a decisive role in the treatment of tinnitus.

Only when tinnitus involves the limbic system and the autonomic nervous system through the auditory system can the effect of tinnitus begin.

The activity and interaction of limbic system and autonomic nervous system cause insomnia, anxiety, inferiority complex, depression and other adverse emotions and reactions, which are similar to the harmful results of tinnitus.

The amygdala and the internal geniculate body associated with him play a major role.

Does tinnitus need to be diagnosed?

Tinnitus has more than one hundred different clinical symptoms. In addition to its obvious psychoacoustic characteristics, tinnitus is also closely related to various variables of patients’ hearing: the degree and nature of hearing loss will affect the diagnosis of tinnitus, and the trend of hearing curve is also related to the tonal characteristics of tinnitus.

Tinnitus counseling requires test results to quantify tinnitus characteristics (tone matching).

Lack of accurate clinical diagnosis and systematic analysis will affect the clinical treatment and evaluation of tinnitus.

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Tinnitus treatment status

Tinnitus can improve the life of patients with proper treatment. This method is composed of different stages. It needs the comprehensive intervention of psychology and audiology. It uses psychological exposure therapy, exercise and relaxation therapy to reduce the negative psychological shadow and personal feeling caused by tinnitus.