Amplification with hearing aids for patients with tinnitus and co-existing hearing loss.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Tinnitus is described as the perception of sound or noise in the absence of real acoustic stimulation. In the current absence of a cure for tinnitus, clinical management typically focuses on reducing the effects of co-morbid symptoms such as distress or hearing loss. Hearing loss is commonly co-morbid with tinnitus and so logic implies that amplification of external sounds by hearing aids will reduce perception of the tinnitus sound and the distress associated with it.

Objectives

To assess the effects of hearing aids specifically in terms of tinnitus benefit in patients with tinnitus and co-existing hearing loss.

Search methods

We searched the Cochrane Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders Group Trials Register; the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (

SUBMITTER: Hoare DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10559339 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature