Treatment of tinnitus in the elderly: A controlled trial of cognitive behavior therapy

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 671-675

  Andersson, Gerhard ^a,b   Porsaeus, Daniel ^c   Wiklund, Magnus ^c   Kaldo, Viktor ^a,c   Larsen, Hans Christian ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavioural therapy; Elderly; Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANNOYANCE; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOUDNESS; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SENESCENCE; SLEEP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28744441714     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020500266720     Document Type: Article

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