The quest for quiet: people's experience of tinnitus in Ireland: a research study for the Irish Tinnitus Association
Year: 2004
Type: article
Abstract: Tmnltus is a common condtion whereby the affected person hears sounds in the ears or \nhead that do not have an external cause. Research studies suggest that about one per \ncent of the populallon Is seriously affected by the condition. Severe tinnitus can be \ndisabling on the person with enxiety, insomnia, and depression among lis effects. The \nincidence of tinnitus increases with advancing age, but affects many in early middle age, \nand even children. Attribuled causes include impairment due to noise damage: the natural \ndecline in hearing that occurs with ageing: head and neck injury: infections: and the use \nof certain medications. While the precise mechanism involved in tinnitus generation is not \nyet fully understood, It is believed to involve the brain's processing of impaired auditory \nsignals from the cochlea There is no medical or pharmacological cure, and oonsequently, \ntherapy aims at successful management of the condition. Worldwide research into \npossible treatments is ongoing, but currently, the most effective approaches largely \nconsist of psychological interventions, utilising forms of counselling therapies, sometimes \ncombined with sound enrichment techniques
Author: Pat Naughton
Language: English
Subfield: Sensory Systems
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W747239065