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    • Audiology
    • Neuroscience

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    • Tinnitus is a prevalent symptom often associated with hearing loss, necessitating comprehensive ENT evaluations.
    • Understanding the multidimensional interactions, including psychological comorbidities, is crucial for effective tinnitus management.
    • Subjective tinnitus, characterized by phantom auditory perceptions, may stem from pathological changes in auditory and non-auditory cortical structures.

    Purpose:

    • To outline essential audiological assessments and diagnostic considerations for tinnitus patients.
    • To discuss therapeutic approaches for both acute and chronic tinnitus, emphasizing counseling and habituation strategies.
    • To highlight the role of cognitive behavioral therapy as a standard treatment for psychologically distressed tinnitus sufferers.

    Summary:

    • For acute tinnitus with normal hearing, patient counseling regarding the benign nature of the symptom is paramount.
    • Therapy for acute tinnitus is primarily focused on addressing underlying conditions like sudden idiopathic hearing loss.
    • Chronic tinnitus management involves setting realistic expectations, training habituation strategies, and utilizing cognitive behavioral therapy for psychological burden.

    Impact:

    • This review provides a framework for understanding tinnitus heterogeneity and guiding clinical practice.
    • It emphasizes the importance of personalized patient therapy, with future potential in digital health interventions.
    • The findings underscore the need for quality-controlled studies to validate novel digital therapeutic applications for tinnitus.