7 Optimizing Hearing Aid Fittings for Tinnitus Management

Grant D. Searchfield and Alice H. Smith

Abstract

Most clinical guidelines support the use of hearing aids in the management of tinnitus accompanied by hearing loss. Hearing aids may improve tinnitus through: improved communication enabling participation in daily activities, attention diversion, masking, and disruption of tinnitus processing neural networks. The effectiveness of hearing aids as a tinnitus management tool may be enhanced by applying the protocol described in this chapter.

Schlüsselwörter

hearing aids - tinnitus - therapy - clinical protocol

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