Hyperacusis - Rehabilitation
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Friday, March 12, 2010

Are results of tinnitus retraining therapy maintained over time? 18-month follow-up after completion of therapy.

13 Apr 2009 Tinnitus retraining therapy (TRT) is a useful treatment for tinnitus. The aim of this study was to evaluate the results obtained after 18 months of TRT as well as 18 months after completion of therapy, i.e. 36 months after initiation of TRT. ... Read more...

Acoustic shock injury (ASI).

29 Nov 2006 CONCLUSION: The potential severity and persistence of ASI symptoms has significant clinical and medico-legal implications. With the rapid growth of call centres around the world, professionals providing tinnitus and hyperacusis therapy are ... Read more...

Daily living with hyperacusis due to head injury 1 year after a treatment programme at the hearing clinic.

29 Nov 2005 The aim of this study was to gain a deeper understanding of the quality of daily living of persons with hyperacusis after a traumatic head injury 1 year after these persons had participated in a treatment programme at a Swedish hearing clinic. The ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Hyperacusis - Rehabilitation'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Are results of tinnitus retraining therapy maintained over time? 18-month follow-up after completion of therapy. 13 Apr 2009
• Acoustic shock injury (ASI). 29 Nov 2006
• Daily living with hyperacusis due to head injury 1 year after a treatment programme at the hearing clinic. 29 Nov 2005
• [Therapy of hyperacusis in patients with tinnitus] 30 May 2000
• Organization of tinnitus management in Poland. 28 Feb 2000
• Effect of frequency content on categorical loudness normalization. 30 Dec 1999
• Multifocal amplification, a decisive step in recruitment compensation. 30 Dec 1992
• How much do we gain by gain control in hearing aids? 30 Dec 1989
• A comparison of four methods of implementing automatic gain control (AGC) in hearing aids. 29 Apr 1988
• [Electroacoustic correction of disorders in the perception of sound intensity in neurosensory hearing loss patients] 29 Apr 1986
• Improvements in speech intelligibility in quiet and in noise produced by two-channel compression hearing aids. 30 Jul 1985
• The influence of attack time and release time on speech intelligibility. A study of the effects of AGC on normal hearing and hearing impaired subjects. 30 Dec 1977

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Technical information about 'Hyperacusis'

Definition: An abnormally disproportionate increase in the sensation of loudness in response to auditory stimuli of normal volume. COCHLEAR DISEASES; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASES; FACIAL NERVE DISEASES; STAPES SURGERY; and other disorders may be associated with this condition.

Descriptor UI: D012001

Alternative terms: Hyperacusis; Hyperacuses; Loudness Recruitment; Loudness Recruitments; Hyperacusia; Hyperacusias; Loudness Perception Disturbances; Disturbance, Loudness Perception; Disturbances, Loudness Perception; Loudness Perception Disturbance; Perception Disturbance, Loudness; Perception Disturbances, Loudness; Recruitment, Loudness; Phonophobia; Phonophobias; Auditory Hyperesthesia; Auditory Hyperesthesias; Hyperesthesia, Auditory; Hyperesthesias, Auditory;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C09.218.458.505; C10.597.751.418.505; C23.888.592.763.393.505;

History Note: 2000(1979)