Trial reportJournal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO2012
Effects of frequency discrimination training on tinnitus: results from two randomised controlled trials.
Trial report in Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 41 citations in OpenAlex.
- Guideline
- Relationship between tinnitus pitch and edge of hearing loss in individuals with a narrow tinnitus bandwidth.International journal of audiology · 2015Trial
- Gameplay as a source of intrinsic motivation in a randomized controlled trial of auditory training for tinnitus.PloS one · 2014Trial
- Trial
- Tinnitus.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2026Review
- Frequency Discrimination Training With and Without Game Format to Treat Tinnitus: A Systematic and Meta-Analysis Study.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2024Article
- A Scoping Review of the Role of Attention in Tinnitus Management.Seminars in hearing · 2024Review
- Efficacy of pharmacologic treatment in tinnitus patients without specific or treatable origin: A network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.EClinicalMedicine · 2021Article
- Methodological Aspects of Randomized Controlled Trials for Tinnitus: A Systematic Review and How a Decision Support System Could Overcome Barriers.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
- The state of the art of sound therapy for subjective tinnitus in adults.Therapeutic advances in chronic disease · 2020Review
- Individual Reliability of the Standard Clinical Method vs Patient-Centered Tinnitus Likeness Rating for Assessment of Tinnitus Pitch and Loudness Matching.JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery · 2018Article
- Evidence and evidence gaps in tinnitus therapy.GMS current topics in otorhinolaryngology, head and neck surgery · 2016Review
- Hyperacusis Questionnaire as a Tool for Measuring Hypersensitivity to Sound in a Tinnitus Research Population.BioMed research international · 2015Article
- Subtyping Somatic Tinnitus: A Cross-Sectional UK Cohort Study of Demographic, Clinical and Audiological Characteristics.PloS one · 2015Article
- A scientific cognitive-behavioral model of tinnitus: novel conceptualizations of tinnitus distress.Frontiers in neurology · 2014Review
- Long-term effects of the "Heidelberg Model of Music Therapy" in patients with chronic tinnitus.International journal of clinical and experimental medicine · 2012Article
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Abstract
That auditory perceptual training may alleviate tinnitus draws on two observations: (1) tinnitus probably arises from altered activity within the central auditory system following hearing loss and (2) sound-based training can change central auditory activity. Training that provides sound enrichment across hearing loss frequencies has therefore been hypothesised to alleviate tinnitus. We tested this prediction with two randomised trials of frequency discrimination training involving a total of 70 participants with chronic subjective tinnitus. Participants trained on either (1) a pure-tone standard at a frequency within their region of normal hearing, (2) a pure-tone standard within the region of hearing loss or (3) a high-pass harmonic complex tone spanning a region of hearing loss. Analysis of the primary outcome measure revealed an overall reduction in self-reported tinnitus handicap after training that was maintained at a 1-month follow-up assessment, but there were no significant differences between groups. Secondary analyses also report the effects of different domains of tinnitus handicap on the psychoacoustical characteristics of the tinnitus percept (sensation level, bandwidth and pitch) and on duration of training. Our overall findings and conclusions cast doubt on the superiority of a purely acoustic mechanism to underpin tinnitus remediation. Rather, the nonspecific patterns of improvement are more suggestive that auditory perceptual training affects impact on a contributory mechanism such as selective attention or emotional state.
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