Saturday, December 4, 2010

How Does Tinnitus Restraining Therapy Works?

By Timothy Tylor


Tinnitus is an ear problem that is manifested by annoying sounds like ringing and buzzing. This implies damage in one of the major part of the ear that is the inner ear. Treating the ear problem is quite challenging this is because it is difficult to come up with the right treatment. Apparently, it is doubtful to use conventional drugs because studies revealed that it do not yield best result. In this sense, the best alternative to use is the tinnitus restraining therapy. The procedure entails psychological techniques in order to reduce the annoying sensation sound.

It was in 1980's when the tinnitus restraining therapy was introduced by Dr. Pawel Jastreboff. Identifying the different tones and pitches was the main object of doing the research. The research makes way to develop treatment that would match the noise levels. However, it was also found out that some people with this ear problem are not bothered about the annoying noise. Other people do not complain the situation because they are get used about it. In this sense, it is concluded that the volume of the noise depends on how the individual perceived the noise.

This procedure was based on the concept that all the information obtained by the sensory motor occurs in different levels. It passes through the nervous system and onto the cerebral cortex that takes charge the perceptual awareness. However, in some instances people do not recognize the occurrence of noise especially if the noise is insignificant.

Tinnitus retraining therapy is a sort of habituation. It encourages eliminating the negative psychological effects regarding to the tinnitus sounds. Another thing is that it improves the ability of the patient to recognize the noise during the treatment. Otherwise, if the patient is not able to detect the sound, probably he or she cannot actively retain the treatment.

The therapy treatment usually lasts for two years that requires the patient to use noise transmitting device in the ear. The device transmits low broadband noise because too much silence can worsen tinnitus. In this way, the patient will not be annoyed by the sensation sound. Thus, negative emotions associated to tinnitus will be reduced.

Several tests will be performed by an audiologist before undergoing the habituation procedure. Likewise, medical evaluation is conducted to know the suitable habituation process in your condition. In this way, the audiologist will determine if the tinnitus restraining therapy could help out your ear problem.




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