ArticleInternational journal of clinical and experimental medicine2013
Music therapy as an early intervention to prevent chronification of tinnitus.
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- Internet/smartphone-based applications for the treatment of tinnitus: a systematic review.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2020Pooled it
- A multidisciplinary systematic review of the treatment for chronic idiopathic tinnitus.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2017Pooled it
- [On the interdisciplinary S3 guidelines for the treatment of chronic idiopathic tinnitus].HNO · 2015Guideline
- Music Therapy and Tinnitus Treatment: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International archives of otorhinolaryngology · 2026Review
- Phase II Clinical Study on Low-Intensity-Noise Tinnitus Suppression (LINTS) for Tinnitus Treatment.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Targeting the Limbic System: Insights into Its Involvement in Tinnitus.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- A Comparative Study of Treatment Outcomes of Music Therapy, Tinnitus Maskers and Pharmacotherpy in Chronic Subjective Tinnitus.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2022Article
- Aberrant thalamocortical coherence in an animal model of tinnitus.Journal of neurophysiology · 2019Article
- Heidelberg Neuro-Music Therapy Restores Attention-Related Activity in the Angular Gyrus in Chronic Tinnitus Patients.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2017Article
- Heidelberg Neuro-Music Therapy Enhances Task-Negative Activity in Tinnitus Patients.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2017Article
- Evidence and evidence gaps in tinnitus therapy.GMS current topics in otorhinolaryngology, head and neck surgery · 2016Review
- Neural correlates of the Heidelberg Music Therapy: indicators for the regeneration of auditory cortex in tinnitus patients?Neural regeneration research · 2015Article
- Cortical reorganization in recent-onset tinnitus patients by the Heidelberg Model of Music Therapy.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2015Article
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Abstract
In the present study a music therapeutic intervention according to the 'Heidelberg Model' was evaluated as a complementary treatment option for patients with acute tinnitus whom medical treatment only brought minimal or no improvement. The central question was if music therapy in an early phase of tinnitus was able to reduce tinnitus symptoms and to prevent them from becoming chronical. 23 patients with acute tinnitus (6-12 weeks) were included in this study and took part in our manualized short term music therapeutic treatment which lasted ten consecutive 50-minutes sessions of individualized therapy. Tinnitus severity and individual tinnitus related distress were assessed by the Tinnitus Beeinträchtigungs-Fragebogen (i.e. Tinnitus Impairment Questionnaire, TBF-12) at baseline, start of treatment, and end of treatment. Score changes in TBF-12 from start to end of the treatment showed significant improvements in tinnitus impairment. This indicates that this music therapy approach applied in an initial stage of tinnitus can make an important contribution towards preventing tinnitus from becoming a chronic condition.
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