Tinnitus rehabilitation by retraining : a workbook for sufferers, their doctors, and other health care professionals

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Tinnitus rehabilitation by retraining : a workbook for sufferers, their doctors, and other health care professionals

Bernhard Kellerhals, Regula Zogg

Karger, 1999

タイトル別名

Tinnitus-Hilfe

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Translation of the 3rd revised edition of the German original title 'Tinnitus-Hilfe'(c1996)

Includes bibliographical references and index

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内容説明

Tinnitus cannot be cured by drug treatment or other means of modern medicine. It has to be considered a handicap which necessitates rehabilitation. This new approach has proven surprisingly successful and provides relief even for desperate tinnitus sufferers. Waiving seemingly easy but futile attempts to cure tinnitus by passive therapies, patients have to decide on a long and demanding active rehabilitation process, but their efforts will be rewarded! Tinnitus is considered as an abnormal activity somewhere within the hearing system, but mainly it is a faulty programme in the 'software' of the brain. Based on scientific evidence, the authors present a modern tinnitus rehabilitation programme with the aim to prevent the conscious preception of tinnitus. It centers on the rules of 'Tinnitus Retraining Therapy' but includes supplementary holistic measures on biological, psychological and social levels - matching the modern principles of psychosomatic medicine. Providing concise and easily comprehensible guidelines for efficient help, the manual is highly recommended for tinnitus sufferers as well as GPs and ENT specialists, audiologists, hearing aid acousticians, psychotherapists and other health care professionals involved in caring for tinnitus patients. Contains important addresses of tinnitus retraining therapy and self-help groups.

目次

  • Introduction: tinnitus rehabilitation by retraining instead of treatment
  • how to use this book. Understanding tinnitus: I hear ringing in my ears. What is tinnitus? Is there help?
  • anatomy and function of the ear
  • information theory of hearing - from the sound wave to understanding
  • central processing of acoustic information - hearing, perception and sensation
  • our organ senses work without interruption, flooding our brain with data
  • the acoustic short-term memory
  • civilization and stress
  • tinnitus theories - how does tinnitus come about?
  • what are the medical causes of tinnitus? I have tinnitus - what can I do?: evaluation
  • information
  • counselling and treatment plan
  • support. The effects of tinnitus: tinnitus rarely occurs alone - problems associated with tinnitus
  • the question of meaning - is tinnitus a psychosomatic disorder?
  • prognosis - the fear of things getting worse
  • insurance issues. Modern tinnitus theory as a basis to overcome tinnitus: how the brain works - hardware and software
  • modern tinnitus theory
  • how does modern tinnitus theory apply to me? Therapy: the fundamentals of tinnitus therapy - passive and active methods
  • preliminary remarks for assessing tinnitus therapies - why are there so many divergent opinions?
  • measuring the success of tinnitus therapy
  • summary and outlook
  • early and late treatment of tinnitus
  • commonly used drugs against tinnitus
  • tinnitus treatment without medication
  • masking methods
  • therapies offered by naturopaths
  • two different pathways - treatment attempts or rehabilitation. The modern rehabilitation programme for tinnitus: fundamentals of modern tinnitus rehabilitation
  • what does a rehabilitation programme involve?
  • results of rehabilitation programmes
  • additional methods. Appendices: simple medical tinnitus questionnaire
  • questions frequently asked by tinnitus sufferers.

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