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Investigating the Therapeutic Efficacy of Neurofeedback Treatment on the Severity of Symptoms and Quality of Life in Patients with Tinnitus

Authors: Sanaz khoramzadeh, Nader Saki, Iran Davoodi, Masood Nosratabadi, Ali Yadollahpour

Published in: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction | Issue 6/2016

Abstract

The present study examined the therapeutic efficacy of neurofeedback treatment (NFT) on the severity of symptoms and quality of life (QOL) in patients with chronic subjective tinnitus. 12 patients diagnosed with chronic tinnitus by an ear, nose and throat (ENT) specialist were selected by convenience sampling among the patients attending an ENT clinic in Ahvaz, Iran. The Patients were randomly assigned to the intervention and control groups. The intervention group received 15 sessions of neurofeedback treatment. All participants in this study completed severity of symptoms and quality of life symptoms questionnaires at three points in time: pre-test, post-test and 3-month follow-up. Using the Mann–Whitney U test, neurofeedback was found to significantly reduce the severity of tinnitus (z = −2.61, U = 0, and p < 0.009), and increase the quality of life (z = −2.62, U = 0, and p < 0.009) of participants. In addition, our findings show that NFT acts selectively on tinnitus with no side effects, and thus, can be used as an alternative or adjunctive treatment with medications and psychological therapies.

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Title: Investigating the Therapeutic Efficacy of Neurofeedback Treatment on the Severity of Symptoms and Quality of Life in Patients with Tinnitus
Authors: Sanaz khoramzadeh
Nader Saki
Iran Davoodi
Masood Nosratabadi
Ali Yadollahpour
Publication date: 01-12-2016
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction / Issue 6/2016
Print ISSN: 1557-1874
Electronic ISSN: 1557-1882
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-016-9670-6

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