JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery
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JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg · Jul 2019
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative StudyEffect of Tinnitus Retraining Therapy vs Standard of Care on Tinnitus-Related Quality of Life: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Tinnitus retraining therapy (TRT) is an internationally recognized, but controversial, protocol of uncertain efficacy that uses tinnitus-specific educational counseling (TC) and sound therapy (ST) to reduce the patient's tinnitus-evoked negative reaction to, and awareness of, tinnitus. ⋯ There were few differences between treatment groups. About half of participants showed clinically meaningful reductions in the effect of tinnitus.