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Tinnitus: Tinnitus Retraining Therapy
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TRT is based on a new clinical approach for the treatment of tinnitus that results in significant improvement for more than 80% of the patients treated. Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (TRT) uses a combination of sound therapy and directive counseling to assist in overcoming the bothersome effects of tinnitus... making the patient no longer aware of their tinnitus, except when they focus their attention on it, and even then tinnitus is no longer annoying. Hyperacusis is a decreased tolerance to sound and can be a serious and frustrating problem. Tinnitus Retraining Therapy can also be used in the treatment of Hyperacusis to totally or partially restore normal levels of sound sensitivity.
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The goal of TRT is habituation of tinnitus. That means that after the retraining therapy, you will still be able to hear the tinnitus, but it won't bother you. Do you remember when you first moved into your present home, how much noise the refrigerator made, and how much it bothered you? Does it bother you now? No, of course not. You got used to it.
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[One] treatment option is called Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (TRT). TRT is designed to help the brain learn to ignore the tinnitus. TRT involves using a device, much like a tinnitus masker, that produces a very soft sound. Through a long process that often takes over a year, the patient learns to not focus on their tinnitus and gradually curtail the use of the device.
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In TRT, a masking sound is introduced into the ear at a level just quieter than the tinnitus. You can still hear the tinnitus, but just barely. The masking device may be a fan in the room, a white noise generator, or perhaps a special hearing aid with noise built in. The special hearing aid is obviously more convenient, as it can move around with you, and it is what most TRT patients choose. After the Tinnitus Retraining Therapy program is complete, there is no more need to wear the noise generators, as the tinnitus has be habituated, just like traffic noise is habituated by a taxi driver.
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Your AudigyCertified™ professional will ... evaluate other treatment options with you including Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (TRT). Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (TRT) combines low-level, steady background sounds played through a device with intensive counseling. TRT is an involved process that can take 12-24 months to reduce the effects of Tinnitus.
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Approximately 75% of all the people who experience tinnitus are not bothered by it, and they treat tinnitus like any other sound to which they easily habituate. The important aspect is that there is no difference in the psychoacoustical characterization of tinnitus between those who experience tinnitus and those who suffer because of it. This observation is one of the findings responsible for the development of a new model of tinnitus, and based on the model, Tinnitus Retraining Therapy. The model is based on basic, well-established neurophysiological and psychological principles. Mainly:
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