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Current Validated Medical Treatments for Tinnitus: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Laurence McKenna1, Florian Vogt2, Elizabeth Marks3
1Department Clinical Psychology, Royal National Ear Nose Throat and Eastman Dental Hospital, University College Hospital London, 6th Floor West, Ground Floor North, 250 Euston Road, London WN1 2PG, UK; UK & Ear Institute, University College London, 332 Grays Inn Rd, London WC1X 8EE, UK.
Abstract:
Tinnitus distress results from a weave of physical and psychological processes. Reducing the power of the psychological processes will therefore reduce the degree of suffering. The main psychological therapy in this context is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). This seeks to understand and change the influence of thinking processes, including information processing biases, and the behaviors that these motivate, on the experience of tinnitus. The results of systematic reviews and meta-analyses indicate that CBT is the tinnitus management approach for which there is the most robust evidence. In spite of this, it remains difficult to access for people with tinnitus.
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