One of the most common methods of tinnitus relief is the tinnitus retraining, a form of clinical tinnitus treatment that works on setting the patient's mindset so that his or her attention will not be focused on the disturbing sounds caused by tinnitus. This treatment method is based on the principle that human perception forms the actions of the human body.
Tinnitus retraining follows the basic concept of eliminating the adverse perceptions about the tinnitus condition in the sufferer's mind by helping him/her become aware of what's causing his/her condition. Through the treatment's counseling sessions, the sufferer will be taught of different methods to lessen his/her focus on his or her present condition.
Tinnitus retraining aims to reduce the sufferer's fear of something that does not exist, make him or her become aware of the different recovery possibilities, and inform him or her available remedies that he or she can use in case of inevitable hearing loss.
The tinnitus retraining objectives are accomplished through the counseling and sound therapy sessions performed by a therapist. The counseling and sound therapy aims to redirect the patient's attention to existing sounds rather than on non-existing sounds such as the ringing, buzzing, or hearing sounds caused by the tinnitus ear condition. TRT proponents believe in the concept that the brain is able to classify whatever the mind identifies as irrelevant.
Here's the outline of the tinnitus retraining:
1. The First Session
This session involves getting the historical facts of the patient and relating these facts to possible causes that may have caused tinnitus. It also involves knowing the extent or severity of the patient's hearing impairment including his tolerance to intrusive sounds. During this session, the doctor evaluates the medical records of the sufferer to make sure that his tinnitus condition is not in any way related to any undetected health problem such as anemia, hypertension, or Mernier's disease caused by foreign objects being blocked or lodged in the sufferer's ear canals. This is also the session wherein the doctor checks if tinnitus retraining is indeed the right treatment for the sufferer's condition.
2. Fitting of the Tinnitus Masker
The second session involves asking the patient to choose the type of masker to use for his white noise, which is one important part of this treatment method. There are two basic forms of tinnitus masker: an earphone-like device or a desktop device. Additionally, the type of white noise that will be produced will first be asked from the patient as this depends mainly on the patient's preference.
3. Post Treatment Analysis of TRT
The TRT post treatment analysis is the session when the doctor evaluates how this method has helped the patient divert his or her attention from the intrusive sounds produced by the condition to other external sounds with or without the help of a tinnitus masker. One of the main objectives of the tinnitus retraining is to eliminate the stress the patient feels. This is due to the fact that stress is one of the major contributing factors of tinnitus. In this session, the doctor determines any negativity in the tinnitus condition so that it can be replaced with other methods of treatment for this condition.
Author Resource:
Barbara Turner strives to provide the best possible information available on tinnitus treatment . To find out which tinnitus treatment can best help you in eliminating tinnitus once and for all, visit the Tinnitus Products Review .
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