The Claim
In adults with chronic tinnitus and mild-to-moderate hearing loss, the degree of hearing loss, tinnitus frequency, daily hearing aid usage time, and accuracy of hearing aid fitting do not predict the extent of tinnitus distress reduction after 12 weeks of hearing aid use.
What the research says
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For adults with chronic tinnitus and mild-to-moderate hearing loss, the amount of hearing loss, how often the tinnitus occurs, how long hearing aids are worn each day, and how well the hearing aids are fitted do not determine how much tinnitus distress decreases after 12 weeks of use.
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In adults with chronic tinnitus and mild-to-moderate hearing loss, the degree of hearing loss, tinnitus frequency, daily hearing aid usage time, and accuracy of hearing aid fitting do not predict the extent of tinnitus distress reduction after 12 weeks of use.
When the brain receives less sound because of hearing loss, it rewires itself to compensate, and this rewiring reduces the brain's focus on the ringing sound, making it less bothersome — no matter how bad the hearing loss is, how long hearing aids are worn, or how well they are tuned.
What the research says
1 studyStudy: Predictors of Tinnitus Symptom Relief With Hearing Aids in a European Multicenter Study
The study found that people with tinnitus and hearing loss felt less bothered by the ringing after wearing hearing aids for a few weeks — but how badly they heard, how long they wore the aids, or how well the aids were tuned didn’t affect how much better they felt.
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