[Tinnitus: Psychosomatic Aspects]

Overview

Journal HNO

Specialty Otorhinolaryngology

Date 2019 Jan 30

PMID 30694350

Citations 9

Authors

B Boecking

P Brueggemann

B Mazurek

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Abstract

Tinnitus is a common symptom of unclear origin that can be multifactorially caused and maintained. It is frequently, but not inevitably, associated with hearing loss. Emotional distress and maladaptive coping strategies - that are associated with or amplified by the tinnitus percept - pose key targets for psychological interventions. Once somatic contributors are identified and treated as applicable, psychological approaches comprise normalizing psychoeducational and psychotherapeutic interventions. Measures to improve hearing perception (e. g., hearing aids or cochlear implants) can also contribute to tinnitus habituation through direct (improvement of hearing perception) or indirect (improvement of emotional wellbeing or quality of life) effects.

Citing Articles

"I feel nothing" - emotional vulnerability and detachment as transdiagnostic key characteristics of patients with chronic tinnitus: a schema mode model approach.

Boecking B, Brueggemann P, Mazurek B Front Psychiatry. 2024; 15:1375813.

PMID: 38979500 PMC: 11229517. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1375813.

[Analysis of items on the short forms of the tinnitus questionnaire: Mini-TQ-12 and Mini-TQ-15].

Brueggemann P, Goebel G, Boecking B, Hofrichter N, Rose M, Mazurek B HNO. 2023; 71(11):708-718.

PMID: 37702795 PMC: 10589196. DOI: 10.1007/s00106-023-01365-z.

[Chronic tinnitus: An interplay between somatic and psychological factors].

Boecking B, Brueggemann P, Rose M, Mazurek B HNO. 2023; 71(11):719-730.

PMID: 37702794 DOI: 10.1007/s00106-023-01370-2.

[Psychosomatic aspects in otorhinolaryngology-historical milestones].

Marek A HNO. 2023; 71(10):622-631.

PMID: 37626261 DOI: 10.1007/s00106-023-01349-z.

Tinnitus and Influencing Comorbidities.

Mazurek B, Bocking B, Dobel C, Rose M, Bruggemann P Laryngorhinootologie. 2023; 102(S 01):S50-S58.

PMID: 37130530 PMC: 10184670. DOI: 10.1055/a-1950-6149.

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