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Auditory Treatments of Tinnitus

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Auditory stimulation is one of the most widely used management options for tinnitus and a part of many tinnitus management programmes. Auditory treatments for tinnitus can amplify, modulate, or convert sound to compensate for hearing impairment, or produce sound to achieve a therapeutic effect. While many treatments aim to make tinnitus less audible, auditory stimulation can also provide distraction from tinnitus, promote relaxation, promote habituation, and reverse maladaptive tinnitus-related changes in brain activity. There is limited evidence from controlled trials for the effectiveness of auditory treatments and the decision to offer such treatment is usually based on the clinical experience and patient preferences. This chapter provides an overview of the role and mechanisms of action of the available auditory stimulation options, including hearing aids, sound generators, combination hearing aids, acoustic CR® neuromodulation, modified music, and cochlear implants. A summary of clinical guideline recommendations and a review of the empirical evidence for the use of auditory treatments for tinnitus is provided, together with recommendations for further research and clinical practice.

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    Magdalena Sereda & Derek J. Hoare

  2. Hearing Sciences, Mental Health and Clinical Neurosciences, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

    Magdalena Sereda & Derek J. Hoare

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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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Sereda, M., Hoare, D.J. (2024). Auditory Treatments of Tinnitus. 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_46

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