The Claim
Educational counseling alone leads to a statistically significant reduction in tinnitus severity as measured by Tinnitus Handicap Inventory, Tinnitus Evaluation Questionnaire, and Visual Analog Scale in adults with chronic tinnitus and sensorineural hearing loss over a 3-month period.
What the research says
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In adults with chronic tinnitus and sensorineural hearing loss, educational counseling alone reduces tinnitus severity over three months, as measured by standardized questionnaires and scales.
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Educational counseling alone leads to a statistically significant reduction in tinnitus severity as measured by Tinnitus Handicap Inventory, Tinnitus Evaluation Questionnaire, and Visual Analog Scale in adults with chronic tinnitus and sensorineural hearing loss over a 3-month period.
Learning about tinnitus changes how the brain interprets the ringing sound, which calms down overactive fear and attention circuits in the brain, leading to less perception of the sound as threatening or loud.
What the research says
1 studyEven without hearing aids, just talking to people about their ringing ears helped them feel better — and it worked just as well as giving them hearing aids too.
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