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Peng X, Zhu XH, Huang BQ, Zhao ZY, Zhang QJ, Zhu L, Wang FY, Diao MF, Hou ZH, Zhu YH. [Long-term evaluation and physical and mental effects of residual tinnitus following treatment of sudden hearing loss]. Zhonghua Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2023; 58:42-46. [PMID: 36603865 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn115330-20220608-00340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Objective: To clarify the long-term characteristics of tinnitus following treatment of sudden deafness and its long-term physical and mental effects on patients. Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed on 88 patients (46 males and 42 females; Age from 11 to 89 years) with sudden deafness treated in Department of Otoscope Surgery of Peoples's Libration Army General Hospital in Beijing from April 2020 to January 2021, and the occurrence of tinnitus and treatment effect of all patients were analyzed. Follow-up was conducted for patients with residual tinnitus after treatment for more than 1 year by the investigation and filling in the survey information collection form, Tinnitus Evaluation Questionnaire (TEQ) and Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI). Descriptive statistics and SPSS 22.0 software were used for statistical data analysis. Results: In this study, 93.2% (82/88) of patients with sudden deafness were accompanied by tinnitus at the onset, and the proportion of long-term tinnitus after treatment was 90.2% (74/82). After 1 year of treatment for sudden deafness, the improvement of tinnitus was significant in low-frequency sudden deafness compared with those of high-frequency, flat and total deafness sudden deafness (χ2 value was 6.801, 4.568 and 4.038, all P<0.05). In patients with residual tinnitus, 9 (12.2%) patients felt minimal loudness or even no loudness, 34 (46.0%) patients felt slight loudness, 28 (37.8%) patients felt tinnitus was relatively loud, and 3 (4.1%) patients felt tinnitus was loud or noisy. Nine (12.2%) patients's sleep was often affected, 41 (55.4%) patients's sleep was sometimes affected, 9 (12.2%) patients's sleep was rarely affected, 15 (20.3%) patients's sleep was almost not affected. Twenty-eight (37.8%) patients basically completely adapted to tinnitus and 46 (62.2%) patients did not completely adapted to residual tinnitus. Eight (10.8%) patients had no impact on life, 39 (52.7%) patients had slight impact, 22 (29.7%) patients had moderate impact, and the other 5 (6.8%) patients had greater impact. According to tinnitus evaluation questionnaire(TEQ), there were 12 cases (16.2%) of grade Ⅰ, 26 cases (35.1%) of grade Ⅱ, 28 cases (37.8%) of grade Ⅲ, 7 cases (9.5%) of grade Ⅳ and 1 case (1.4%) of grade Ⅴ. According to tinnitus handicap inventory(THI), tinnitus disability was classified into grade Ⅰ, 22 cases (29.7%), grade Ⅱ, 14 cases (18.9%), Grade Ⅲ, 27 cases (36.5%) and grade Ⅳ, 11 cases (14.9%). Conclusion: The rate of residual tinnitus following treatment of sudden deafness is high. Some of the patients can completely adapt residual tinnitus after one year, but some of them will be affected when sleep, work and study. Residual tinnitus can lead to tinnitus disability in different degrees.
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- X Peng
- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, People's Libration Army General Hospital, Beijing 100142, China Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Hainan Hospital of People's Libration Army General Hospital, Sanya 572013, China
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- Laboratory Department of Beijing Friendship Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, People's Libration Army General Hospital, Beijing 100142, China Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Hainan Hospital of People's Libration Army General Hospital, Sanya 572013, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, People's Libration Army General Hospital, Beijing 100142, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, People's Libration Army General Hospital, Beijing 100142, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, People's Libration Army General Hospital, Beijing 100142, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, People's Libration Army General Hospital, Beijing 100142, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, People's Libration Army General Hospital, Beijing 100142, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, People's Libration Army General Hospital, Beijing 100142, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, People's Libration Army General Hospital, Beijing 100142, China
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Tian RR, Diao MF, Tian FJ, Sun JJ, Lin X. [Preliminary analysis of the effects of tailor-made notched music therapy on chronic idiopathic tinnitus]. Zhonghua Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2017; 52:343-348. [PMID: 28558452 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-0860.2017.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: Tailor-made notched music was applied to alleviate the symptoms of chronic idiopathic tinnitus and compared its effectiveness with other existing sound treatment of tinnitus. Methods: Subjects (n=43; ears=75 )were recruited during June 2015 to October 2016 from the out-patients of our hospital. These patients had chronic (longer than 6months) and idiopathic tinnitus, with or without significant sensorineural hearing loss. In the prospective design, the patients were randomly divided into group A (treated with tailor-made notched music) and group B (treated with analogous sound masking), and received the treatment for 3 months. The tinnitus scale, tinnitus questionnaire and audiological findings were evaluated before treatment, and at one month and three months after treatment started. Results: After onemonth of treatment, the effective rate between the two groups was 40.9% and 42.9%, there was no significant difference between the two groups (χ(2)= 0.017, P=0.897). The average VAS for patients in group A showed more decrease in group A than in group B(VAS: 1.8 vs. 0.8, the percentage : 29.5% vs. 13.6%), but there was no significant difference between the two groups (t=-1.450, P=0.155). After 3 months of treatment, the effective rates were 68.2% and 23.8%, respectively. There was significant difference between the two groups (χ(2)= 8.503, P=0.004). The difference of the VAS scores between the two groups was statistically significant (t=-3.263, P=0.002), and the VAS score of group A was less.After 3 months of treatment, there was significant decreaseinthe average tinnitus loudness for patients in group A(t=5.569, P<0.01), and there was no significant changein group B(t=-0.953, P=0.374). There was also significant decreasein the scores of tinnitus handicap inventory (THI) (F=7.334, P<0.05), loudness visual analog scale (VAS) (F=20.48, P<0.001), and the proportion of patients with moderate to severe tinnitus(χ(2)=11.289, P<0.05) in the group A, and there was no significant change in group B(F=2.198, F=0.989, χ(2)=1.651; P=0.120, P=0.378, P=0.438>0.05). Conclusions: Our resultssuggest that long-term normalized listening to tailor-made notched music, can significantly reduce the perceived tinnitus loudness in varying degrees and improve the quality of life of patients. The effects and possible mechanism of this method were discussedin this paper.
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- R R Tian
- The Graduated College, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 233000, China;Center of Otorhinolaryngology, the People's Liberation Army, Navy General Hospital, Beijing 100048, China
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- Center of Otorhinolaryngology, the People's Liberation Army, Navy General Hospital, Beijing 100048, China
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- Center of Otorhinolaryngology, the People's Liberation Army, Navy General Hospital, Beijing 100048, China
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- The Graduated College, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 233000, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Emory University School Medicine, Atlanta 30322, Georgia, the United States of America
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Diao MF, Sun JJ. [Acoustic shock disorder]. Zhonghua Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2016; 51:310-2. [PMID: 27095731 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-0860.2016.04.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Acoustic shock disorder (ASD) is an involuntary response to a sound (usually a sudden, unexpected loud sound heard near the ear), which causes a temporary or consistent pattern of neurophysiological and/or psychological symptoms. This paper reviewed the symptoms, probable mechanisms, evaluation and diagnosis of ASD.
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- M F Diao
- Center of Otorhinolaryngology of People's Liberation Army, Navy General Hospital, Beijing 100048, China
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- Center of Otorhinolaryngology of People's Liberation Army, Navy General Hospital, Beijing 100048, China
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