Medical management of tinnitus: Role of the physician

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 23-28

  Shi, Yongbing ^a   Robb, Michael J A ^b   Michaelides, Elias M ^c  

^a Metokos LLC   (United States)

^b Robb Oto Neurology Clinic   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbidities; Evaluation; Tinnitus; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; HYPNOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ANEMIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; AUDIOLOGIST; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY TUBE DYSFUNCTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INSOMNIA; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL CARE; OTOLARYNGOLOGIST; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PERSONALITY; PHYSICIAN; PLACEBO EFFECT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIST; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYPHILIS; TINNITUS; TYPE A BEHAVIOR; TYPE B BEHAVIOR; TYPE D BEHAVIOR; WELLBEING;

ANXIETY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PLACEBO EFFECT; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84896970635     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.25.1.3     Document Type: Review

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