What is it about?
Tinnitus can be distressing for sufferers, but for those who do not have tinnitus, it is difficult to understand what it is like. We attempted to gain an understanding of the knowledge and misconceptions of 197 tinnitus sufferers and 25 partners, who filled out an online survey.
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Why is it important?
Partners and sufferers were not completely in agreement regarding their knowledge about tinnitus or familiar with the impact that this symptom may have on the sufferers. Sufferers showed more confidence in their hearing ability, regardless of tinnitus, than their partners. Furthermore, sufferers and partners do not generally talk about tinnitus to each other.
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Both sufferers and partners would benefit from receiving counseling to address many misunderstandings regarding tinnitus and its consequences in their everyday life activities.
Patricia C Mancini
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
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This page is a summary of: Tinnitus: How Partners Can Help?, American Journal of Audiology, March 2019, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA),
DOI: 10.1044/2018_aja-18-0046.
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