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Tinnitus History Taking

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1. A detailed case history is required in all tinnitus patients in order to obtain the necessary information for differential diagnosis and therapeutic management.

2. Qualitative data are best being obtained through case history questionnaires or a structured interview.

3. A case history should contain information about the history and descriptive characteristics of the tinnitus, about potential risk factors for tinnitus development, about specific behavioral, social, interpersonal, and emotional consequences of tinnitus, about factors that may either exacerbate or reduce tinnitus severity.

4. Qualitative and quantitative assessment of tinnitus severity is relevant for both clinical management and research applications.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Regensburg, Bezirksklinikum, Regensburg, Germany

    Berthold Langguth

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  1. Institute for Information and Process Management, Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences, St. Gallen, Switzerland

    Winfried Schlee

  2. Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Interdisciplinary Tinnitus Clinic, University of Regensburg, Bezirksklinikum,, Regensburg, Germany

    Berthold Langguth

  3. Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

    Dirk De Ridder

  4. School of Psychology, Global Brain Health Institute & Trinity College of Dublin Institute for Neuroscience, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

    Sven Vanneste

  5. Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital of Zurich, University of Zurich, Switzerland, Switzerland

    Tobias Kleinjung

  6. Neuroscience Program, University of Texas, Dallas School of Brain & Behavioral Sciences, Richardson, TX, USA

    Aage R. Møller

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Langguth, B. (2024). Tinnitus History Taking. In: Schlee, W., Langguth, B., De Ridder, D., Vanneste, S., Kleinjung, T., Møller, A.R. (eds) Textbook of Tinnitus. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35647-6_26

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