Tinnitus
Key Points
Key Points
- Tinnitus is the perception of sound without an external source.
- More than 50 million people in the United States have reported experiencing tinnitus, resulting in an estimated prevalence of 10%-15% in adults.
- About 20% of adults who experience tinnitus will seek clinical intervention.
- The estimated prevalence in the United States of experiencing tinnitus at any time is 25.3% and experiencing frequent (almost always or at least once a day) tinnitus is 7.9%.
- Not a disease in and of itself, tinnitus is actually a symptom that can be associated with multiple causes and aggravating co-factors such as Meniere’s disease, sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL), otosclerosis, vascular tumor and vestibular schwannoma (VS).
- Patients with these identifiable and other causative diagnoses of secondary tinnitus are excluded from the management recommendations of this guideline.
Table 1. Abbreviations and Definitions of Common Terms
...Abbreviations and Definitions of Common TermsHavi...
Table 2. Summary of Guideline Key Action Statements (KAS)
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...Physical ExaminationClinicians should perform a...
...rompt Audiologic ExaminationClinicians should ob...
...utine Audiologic ExaminationClinicians m...
...StudiesClinicians should NOT obtain imaging st...
...ersome TinnitusClinicians must dis...
...innitusClinicians should distinguish patients wit...
6. Management StrategiesClinicians should...
...Aid EvaluationClinicians should recommend...
...pyClinicians may recommend sound therapy...
.... Cognitive Behavior TherapyClinicians should...
...rapyClinicians should NOT routinelya recommend...
...SupplementsClinicians should NOT recommend g...
...eNo recommendation can be made regar...
...Transcranial Magnetic StimulationClinici...
...“routinely” is used to avoid setting a legal p...
Diagnosis
...agnosis...
...occur on one or both sides of the hea...
...3. Key Details of Medical History in the Tinnit...
Treatment
...atment...
...ient Education Discussion Points for Both...
...able 4. Professional Organizations and Patient...
...For Sound TherapiesEnvironmental Enrichment Device...