Optimizing Tinnitus Management: The Important Role of Hearing Aids with Sound Generators
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Patients
2.2. Study Design
2.3. Statistical Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Demographic Information
3.2. Improvement in Tinnitus
3.2.1. Group-Wise Comparisons among the CNT, HA, SG HA, and SG Groups
3.2.2. Group-Wise Comparisons among the CNT, HA, Various Models of SG HA (ZEN and TTHA/TTC), and SG (TT/TTSG and TCI) Groups
3.3. Improvement in VAS Score
3.4. STAI Improvement Rate
3.5. Improvement in EQS Scores
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Group | CNT | HA | SG HA | SG | |||
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Subgroup | CNT | HA | ZEN | TTHA/TTC | TT/TTSG | TCI | p-Value |
Manufacturer | - | Various | Widex | Makitie | Makitie | Sivantos | |
Characteristics for SG | ZEN Tone | White Noise, etc. | |||||
N | 53 | 28 | 214 | 48 | 31 | 43 | |
Age (years) (mean ± SD) | 56.8 ± 13.4 | 65.9 ± 10.4 | 63.2 ± 13.0 | 62.4 ± 12.4 | 60.0 ± 12.8 | 60.2 ± 11.4 | ns a |
Sex (male/female) | 22:31 | 14:14 | 91:123 | 25:23 | 19:12 | 26:17 | ns b |
Group | CNT | HA | SG HA | SG | |||
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Subgroup | CNT | HA | ZEN | TTHA/TTC | TT/TTSG | TCI | |
Manufacturer | - | Various | Widex | Makitie | Makitie | Sivantos | |
Characteristics for SG | ZEN Tone | White Noise, etc. | |||||
THI | First visit | 30.7 ±19.4 | 55.4 ± 21.6 | 45.6 ± 29.0 | 46.7 ± 27.5 | 41.0 ± 27.3 | 38.1 ± 23.5 |
1 year | 41.1 ± 28.3 | 36.7 ± 21.3 | 37.3 ± 24.3 | 45.4 ± 23.9 | 41.7 ± 26.8 | 33.1 ± 23.3 | |
2 years | 35.9 ± 20.9 | 51.3 ± 19.2 | 32.3 ± 24.6 | 43.0 ± 24.2 | 40.4 ± 25.4 | 31.8 ± 26.2 |
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Kosugi, Y.; Miwa, T.; Haruta, Y.; Hashimoto, K.; Kato, S. Optimizing Tinnitus Management: The Important Role of Hearing Aids with Sound Generators. Audiol. Res. 2024, 14, 674-683. https://doi.org/10.3390/audiolres14040057
Kosugi Y, Miwa T, Haruta Y, Hashimoto K, Kato S. Optimizing Tinnitus Management: The Important Role of Hearing Aids with Sound Generators. Audiology Research. 2024; 14(4):674-683. https://doi.org/10.3390/audiolres14040057
Chicago/Turabian StyleKosugi, Yuki, Toru Miwa, Yuka Haruta, Kosuke Hashimoto, and Shoko Kato. 2024. "Optimizing Tinnitus Management: The Important Role of Hearing Aids with Sound Generators" Audiology Research 14, no. 4: 674-683. https://doi.org/10.3390/audiolres14040057