ArticleScientific reports2021
The progression of chronic tinnitus over the years.
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- Effectiveness of Telerehabilitation Interventions for Self-Management of Tinnitus: Update of a Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Telerehabilitation Interventions for Self-management of Tinnitus: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Pooled it
- Tinnitus and tinnitus disorder: Genetic, neurobiological, and clinical differentiation.iScience · 2026Review
- Tinnitus and Reactions to Tinnitus: A Cross-Sectional Survey Across Different Tinnitus Durations.Audiology research · 2026Article
- Longitudinal analysis of the risk factors for onset and change in tinnitus in the Busselton Healthy Ageing Study.PloS one · 2026Article
- Digital treatment for tinnitus combining tinnitus retraining therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy: a Norwegian naturalistic study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Development and Psychometric Validation of Tinnitus Qualities and Impact Questionnaire.Clinics and practice · 2025Article
- Mourning for Silence: Bereavement and Tinnitus-A Perspective.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Listening effort and stress in tinnitus: a multidimensional approach.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Article
- The results of short-course acoustic test could act as an effective predictor of the efficacy of customized music therapy for chronic tinnitus.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Article
- A retrospective two-center cohort study of the bidirectional relationship between depression and tinnitus-related distress.Communications medicine · 2024Article
- Can Residual Inhibition Predict the Success of Sound Enrichment Treatment for Tinnitus?Brain and behavior · 2024Article
- Using Participatory Action Research to Redirect Tinnitus Treatment and Research-An Interview Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Greenness, Genetic Predisposition, and Tinnitus.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024Article
- Clinical Features of Non-Lateralized Tinnitus.The journal of international advanced otology · 2023Article
- Clinical characteristics and psychoacoustic analysis of acute and chronic subjective tinnitus.Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2023Article
- Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy for Chronic Tinnitus in a German Tertiary Clinical Real-World Setting.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Tinnitus Prevalence and Associated Factors among Dental Clinicians in the United Arab Emirates.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Short- and Long-Term Effect of Cochlear Implantation on Disabling Tinnitus in Single-Sided Deafness Patients: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- Long-term effects of a single psycho-educational session in chronic tinnitus patients.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 · 2022Article
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Abstract
Little is known about the trajectory of tinnitus over time. This study addressed (1) how often tinnitus remitted in patients with chronic tinnitus; (2) how subjective reported tinnitus characteristics, such as loudness, laterality, and type and measures of burden, such as tinnitus distress, depression, and quality of life, changes over time; (3) how often tinnitus-specific treatments were undertaken and the prevalence of comorbidities, (4) if the number of treatments and comorbidities were associated to changes in tinnitus distress over time. Data from 388 patients with chronic tinnitus who visited a tertiary tinnitus clinic between 2012 and 2017 were interrogated via a mail survey in 2018. Tinnitus characteristics were measured with the Tinnitus Sample Case History Questionnaire and numeric rating scales; tinnitus distress with Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI) and the Tinnitus Questionnaire (TQ), depression with the Major Depression Inventory and Quality of life with the World Health Organisation Quality of Life BREF at both time points and the clinical global impression scale. Comorbidities experienced and undertaken treatments were assessed with an in-house survey. Three participants (0.8% of the sample) reported tinnitus remission between both assessments. A decrease in the THI and TQ, and numeric ratings for tinnitus severity, annoyance, unpleasantness, and discomfort was observed, but no differences in tinnitus characteristics, depression, quality of life or overall health status. 64% presented at least one comorbidity, and 88% sought at least on tinnitus-specific treatment. Common comorbidities were psychological and sleeping problems, and the most common interventions were going to the dentist, taking medications, and wearing hearing aids. Our results suggest that full remission of tinnitus is a rare condition, that tinnitus distress on average decreases over time, and that tinnitus characteristics, quality of life, and depression tend to remain unaltered. The high number of interventions and comorbidities displayed minimal association to the changes in tinnitus distress, highlighting the substantial and durable burden of tinnitus sufferers.
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