Hearing Therapy Improves Tinnitus-Related Distress in Mildly Distressed Patients with Chronic Tinnitus and Mild-to-Moderate Hearing Loss
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Hearing Therapy Improves Tinnitus-Related Distress in Mildly Distressed Patients with Chronic Tinnitus and Mild-to-Moderate Hearing Loss : A Randomized-Controlled Cross-Over Design. / Boecking, Benjamin; Rausch, Leonie; Psatha, Stamatina; Nyamaa, Amarjargal; Dettling-Papargyris, Juliane; Funk, Christine; Brueggemann, Petra; Rose, Matthias; Mazurek, Birgit.
in: J CLIN MED, Jahrgang 11, Nr. 7, 22.03.2022.Publikationen: SCORING: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift/Zeitung › SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz › Forschung › Begutachtung
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T1 - Hearing Therapy Improves Tinnitus-Related Distress in Mildly Distressed Patients with Chronic Tinnitus and Mild-to-Moderate Hearing Loss
T2 - A Randomized-Controlled Cross-Over Design
AU - Boecking, Benjamin
AU - Rausch, Leonie
AU - Psatha, Stamatina
AU - Nyamaa, Amarjargal
AU - Dettling-Papargyris, Juliane
AU - Funk, Christine
AU - Brueggemann, Petra
AU - Rose, Matthias
AU - Mazurek, Birgit
PY - 2022/3/22
Y1 - 2022/3/22
N2 - BACKGROUND: The psychological effects of hearing aids and auditory training are underinvestigated.OBJECTIVE: To assess the short- and long-term effects of an industry-developed auditory training on tinnitus-related distress, perceived stress, and psychological epiphenomena in patients with chronic tinnitus and mild-to-moderate hearing loss.METHOD: One-hundred-seventy-seven gender-stratified patients were randomized to an immediate [IIG] or delayed [DIG] intervention group. Following binaural hearing aid fitting, participants completed a CD-enhanced 14-days self-study program. Applying a randomized-controlled cross-over design, psychological measures were obtained at four times: pre-treatment/wait [IIG: t1; DIG: wait], post-treatment/pre-treatment [IIG: t2; DIG: t1], follow-up/post-treatment [IIG: t3; DIG: t2], and follow-up [DIG: t3]. Between- and within-group analyses investigated treatment-related effects and their stability at a 70-day follow-up.RESULTS: Overall, distress symptom severity was mild. Unlike the DIG, the IIG showed significant improvements in tinnitus-related distress. Some psychological epiphenomena, notably anxiety, slightly improved in both groups. Within-group analyses demonstrated the stability of the tinnitus-distress-related effects, alongside uncontrolled improvements of perceived stress and mood-related symptoms at follow-up.CONCLUSIONS: The investigated hearing therapy lastingly improves tinnitus-related distress in mildly distressed patients with chronic tinnitus and mild-to-moderate hearing loss. Beneficial psychological knock-on effects deserve further investigation.
AB - BACKGROUND: The psychological effects of hearing aids and auditory training are underinvestigated.OBJECTIVE: To assess the short- and long-term effects of an industry-developed auditory training on tinnitus-related distress, perceived stress, and psychological epiphenomena in patients with chronic tinnitus and mild-to-moderate hearing loss.METHOD: One-hundred-seventy-seven gender-stratified patients were randomized to an immediate [IIG] or delayed [DIG] intervention group. Following binaural hearing aid fitting, participants completed a CD-enhanced 14-days self-study program. Applying a randomized-controlled cross-over design, psychological measures were obtained at four times: pre-treatment/wait [IIG: t1; DIG: wait], post-treatment/pre-treatment [IIG: t2; DIG: t1], follow-up/post-treatment [IIG: t3; DIG: t2], and follow-up [DIG: t3]. Between- and within-group analyses investigated treatment-related effects and their stability at a 70-day follow-up.RESULTS: Overall, distress symptom severity was mild. Unlike the DIG, the IIG showed significant improvements in tinnitus-related distress. Some psychological epiphenomena, notably anxiety, slightly improved in both groups. Within-group analyses demonstrated the stability of the tinnitus-distress-related effects, alongside uncontrolled improvements of perceived stress and mood-related symptoms at follow-up.CONCLUSIONS: The investigated hearing therapy lastingly improves tinnitus-related distress in mildly distressed patients with chronic tinnitus and mild-to-moderate hearing loss. Beneficial psychological knock-on effects deserve further investigation.
U2 - 10.3390/jcm11071764
DO - 10.3390/jcm11071764
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 35407372
VL - 11
JO - J CLIN MED
JF - J CLIN MED
SN - 2077-0383
IS - 7
ER -