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Tinnitus and oversensitivity to sound are common and hitherto incurable, distressing conditions that affect a substantial number of the population. Pawel Jastreboff’s discovery of the mechanisms by which tinnitus and decreased sound tolerance occur has led to a new and effective treatment called Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (TRT). Audiologists, ENT specialists, psychologists and counsellors around the world currently practise this technique, with very high success ra… More >>
Tinnitus Retraining Therapy: Implementing the Neurophysiological Model
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Finally, a scientific book on Tinnitus which makes perfect sense!
I’m suffering from Tinnitus since about two years. I’ve visited several ENTs and I’ve tried acupuncture, electrical stimulation and different kinds of medication to no success. This book is a true gem – I only wish I had read it sooner, and that my ENT doctors knew about a quarter of it (it puzzles me how they can be so ignorant about such an important condition).
The neurophysiological model described by Dr. Jastreboff and Dr. Hazell is very logical and sound, it explains the mechanisms that trigger and sustain the phantom tinnnitus sound, and it stands the known scientific tests and scenarios. The book also describes TRT, a method developed by one of the authors of the book and the best known method for treating Tinnitus. TRT does not explicitly address the source of the sound – which is not possible as of today, but rather the perception and the reaction to the sound in the limbic and autonomic nervous systems. TRT has a proven success rate of 80% and it combines counseling and sound therapy. Although TRT can take quite some time (12 to 18 months), no medication at all and no special diet is needed.
This book, is quite scientific (and I must say quite fascinating) but I think the most important points can be understood by a lay person. I’ve previously read the book Tinnitus, Turning the Volume Down: Proven Strategies for Quieting the Noise in Your Head, but it relied too much on medication and it was very pragmatic – without any type of scientific validation.
I wish I lived in London, Atlanta and Baltimore so that I could be treated by one of the authors of the book. Not only they are smart, but as they write in the book, they care deeply about their patients.
If you suffer from Tinnitus, if you know somebody who is suffering from it or if you just want to learn more about it, this is the book to read. Highly recommended! Rating: 5 / 5
Finally, an all-inclusive book–from the discovery of a most brilliant neuroscientist–that explains the mysteries of the auditory system, tinnitus/hyperacusis/hearing loss and how it is possible to achieve permanent relief. Topics run the gamut from the processing of sounds within the brain to the treatment protocol including recovery results with statistics to prevention: Based on the Jastreboff Neurophysiological Model of Tinnitus.
Book even gives an unbiased overview of other tinnitus treatments. Incredibly Forthright! Extremely Informative! Easy-To-Read Format.
This is a book “not-to-miss” for everything one needs to know. And, most importantly, for the only correct treatment for permanent relief in the world.
The treatment, TRT, will be needed in a futuristic world in order for people to strengthen their auditory systems to tolerate the sound levels of their environment. TRT will be revolutionary. Book contains help; book contains hope. Book contains proof that no one need suffer anymore! Rating: 5 / 5
I have tinnitus and from time to time it’s been very upsetting. This book has helped me cope with it as no other resource has been able to do. It’s a lot of mental work but it’s good work and it delivers results. The book teaches you how to rethink your attitude towards this often bizarre disorder so that you can effectively heal yourself. In sections it’s heavy going with all the scientific talk and data, but it’s manageable and once you get into it it makes great sense and best of all you can already feel that your mind is absorbing the information and making the changes you want to see.
If you have tinnitus and you want to do something positive to change it for the better, this is the book you should be reading. Rating: 5 / 5
Jastreboff’s TRT:INM is essential reading for those of us who suffer from tinnitus and is approachable by even the layman.
It was encouraging to learn what factors may be in play in tinnitus emergence and how my own personality and conditioning may have contributed. Jastreboff’s neurophysiological model of tinnitus explains the oto-neurological reorganization that takes place to intensify and make persistent the tinnitus percept. The plasticity of the related mechanisms offers encouragement for relief and recovery. His many documented successes with TRT are indisputable. However, there still are failures. Inadequate “TRT counselling”? In addition to counselling sessions on the neurophysiological model other therapies may be necessary — psychotherapy, cognative behavioral therapy, distraction attention techniques, imaginary exercises and modifications of maladaptive thoughts and behaviors.
Will TRT work for me?
[Note: I finished this text and followed it immediately with Kevin Hogan's "Tinnitus: Turning the Volume Down." It is an interesting contrast. Jastreboff frowns on the use of drugs and many other "modalities", banking almost exclusively on his neurophysiological model of tinnitus and conforming therapies. Hogan, who suffered and received significant relief takes a more pragmatic approach: If it works, he won't dismiss it. He does address the pros and cons of many approaches. And he is not against an approach, which uses many treatments concurrantly. He plays the percentages, hoping to increase the probability of success (1 - p1%*p2%*...*pn%). Hogan himself used a variety of meds and hypnosis to achieve habituation of reaction and perception of his own severe tinnitus.]
Rating: 4 / 5
I read about 5 books on tinnitus and hyperacusis. This is, by far, the best. The only thing needed to treat tinnitus is to understand some methods, which are explained, and to purchase a $50 nature sound machine. My only complaint is that the author didn’t provide a list of nature sound machines (academians don’t endorse, I guess), and these are somewhat difficult to shop for.
Fast reading–took me about 4 hours. Easiest way to figure out how to treat tinnitus and hyperacusis. Not fully “cured”, but treatment teached me how to live accommodate both tinnitus and hyperacusis. Rating: 5 / 5