The Short and Long-Term Effect of Sound Therapy on Visual Attention in Chronic Tinnitus Patients.

ABSTRACT: Sound therapy is one of the most common tinnitus treatments that can be used either to mask or to shift attention away from the tinnitus percept. However, the actual benefit of sound therapy and the mechanisms leading to the benefits remain limited. The objective of this study was to investigate the short-term (15 min) and long-term (2 months) effects of sound therapy on visual attention in chronic tinnitus patients. Visual attention was evaluated with the behavioral Attention Network Task, while the tinnitus-related distress was evaluated with the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI) to quantify the effect of sound therapy. The study included 20 participants with chronic and bothersome tinnitus (>6 months, THI > 18) and 20 matched control participants. All participants took part in a f

SUBMITTER: Joergensen ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9498397 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature