ArticleHealth psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association2022
PTSD symptoms and tinnitus severity: An analysis of veterans with posttraumatic headaches.
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- Genetic architecture distinguishes tinnitus from hearing loss.Nature communications · 2024Pooled it
- Tinnitus among post-9/11 veterans: psychiatric comorbidity and associations with health and functional outcomes.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2026Article
- Audiologic Characteristics of Military Service Members and Veterans With and Without Tinnitus and Comorbid Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.American journal of audiology · 2026Article
- Symptom Overlap and Neurobiological Similarities Between Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Tinnitus.Human brain mapping · 2026Article
- Linking Neurobehavioral Symptoms to Productive Activities in Post-9/11 Veterans: A Correlational Analysis Using TVMI Data.Military medicine · 2026Article
- Long-term mental health and quality of life in patients after cervical artery dissection.Frontiers in neurology · 2026Article
- Early post-trauma wound microbiota and its association with pain outcomes and mental health in combat-related extremity injuries: a prospective analysis.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Effects of Personality Traits on the Severity of Chronic Subjective Tinnitus: A Cross-Sectional Analysis.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Article
- Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Alleviates Tinnitus-Related Distress Among Veterans: A Pilot Study.American journal of audiology · 2022Article
- Tinnitus and Traumatic Memory.Brain sciences · 2022Review
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objectiveTinnitus and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are among the top service-connected disabilities within the Veterans Health Administration. Extant research shows that there is considerable overlap between tinnitus-related distress and PTSD, including sleep difficulty, irritability, hyperarousal, and concentration problems. However, no studies have prospectively examined the relationship between the two disorders. The purpose of this study was to examine that relationship.
methodParticipants (N = 112) with posttraumatic headache completed measures of tinnitus and PTSD. Correlational analyses and analyses of variance were conducted to examine the associations with PTSD symptom clusters and factors of tinnitus-related distress.
resultsApproximately, half of participants with tinnitus demonstrated severe impairment. Correlational analyses indicated that reexperiencing, avoidance, negative emotions and cognitions, and hyperarousal PTSD symptoms were significantly related to many factors of tinnitus-related distress, including intrusiveness of tinnitus, perceived loudness, awareness, and annoyance. Participants with severe tinnitus demonstrated significantly greater reexperiencing, negative mood/cognitions, hyperarousal, and PTSD total severity compared to those with mild or moderate tinnitus.
conclusionsTrauma therapists should assess for the presence of tinnitus in order to more fully conceptualize key health problems of help-seeking patients. Heightened psychological symptoms seemingly related to PTSD may be a function of tinnitus-related distress. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).
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