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Sound therapy for tinnitus – sacred cow or idol worship?: An investigation of the evidence

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Pages 16-24 | Published online: 11 Jul 2009

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Mithila Durai, Kei Kobayashi & Grant D. Searchfield. (2018) A feasibility study of predictable and unpredictable surf-like sounds for tinnitus therapy using personal music players. International Journal of Audiology 57:9, pages 707-713.
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Hashir Aazh, Brian C. J. Moore, Karen Lammaing & Mark Cropley. (2016) Tinnitus and hyperacusis therapy in a UK National Health Service audiology department: Patients’ evaluations of the effectiveness of treatments. International Journal of Audiology 55:9, pages 514-522.
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Celene McNeill, Dayse Távora-Vieira, Fadwa Alnafjan, Grant D. Searchfield & David Welch. (2012) Tinnitus pitch, masking, and the effectiveness of hearing aids for tinnitus therapy. International Journal of Audiology 51:12, pages 914-919.
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Grant D. Searchfield, Manpreet Kaur & William H. Martin. (2010) Hearing aids as an adjunct to counseling: Tinnitus patients who choose amplification do better than those that don't. International Journal of Audiology 49:8, pages 574-579.
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Hye Yoon Seol, Mini Jo & Il Joon Moon. (2023) The Effectiveness of a Smartphone Application for Tinnitus Relief. Healthcare 11:17, pages 2368.
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Xunyi Wang, Lanxin Guo, Run Tian, Yingping Fei, Jinfeng Ji, Cong Diao, Lin Zuo, Yuxiao Zeng, Qingxin Guo, Ke Chen & Yun Zheng. (2023) Hearing Aids Combined With Educational Counseling Versus Educational Counseling Alone for Tinnitus Treatment in Patients With Hearing Loss: A Longitudinal Follow-Up Study. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research 66:7, pages 2490-2502.
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Craig Formby, Xin Yang & Roberta W. Scherer. (2022) Contributions of Counseling and Sound Generator Use in Tinnitus Retraining Therapy: Treatment Response Dynamics Assessed in a Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Trial. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research 65:2, pages 816-828.
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Luz María Alonso-Valerdi, J. Ignacio González-Salazar & David I. Ibarra-Zarate. (2021) Neuropsychological monitoring of current acoustic therapies as alternative treatment of chronic tinnitus. American Journal of Otolaryngology 42:6, pages 103109.
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Martin Pienkowski. (2019) Rationale and Efficacy of Sound Therapies for Tinnitus and Hyperacusis. Neuroscience 407, pages 120-134.
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Grant D. Searchfield, Mithila Durai & Tania Linford. (2017) A State-of-the-Art Review: Personalization of Tinnitus Sound Therapy. Frontiers in Psychology 8.
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Mithila Durai & Grant D. Searchfield. (2017) A Mixed-Methods Trial of Broad Band Noise and Nature Sounds for Tinnitus Therapy: Group and Individual Responses Modeled under the Adaptation Level Theory of Tinnitus. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience 9.
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Craig W. Newman & Sharon A. Sandridge. (2016) Care Path for Patients With Tinnitus: An Interprofessional Collaborative Model. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups 1:7, pages 24-42.
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Giriraj Singh Shekhawat, Grant D. Searchfield & Cathy M. Stinear. (2013) Randomized Trial of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Hearing Aids for Tinnitus Management. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair 28:5, pages 410-419.
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