Effect of an Auditory Training Program in Patients with Tinnitus

• Grant number: 10/06699-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Effective date (Start): November 01, 2010
• Effective date (End): October 31, 2012
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Speech Therapy
• Principal Investigator: Alessandra Giannella Samelli
• Grantee: Daniele Tugumia
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Medicina (FM). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The hypothesis of this study is that the use of formal auditory training can cause a plastic reorganization in the auditory system of patients with tinnitus, promoting an improvement in symptoms, due to the strengthening of synapses of the auditory and the synchrony of firing of the neurons involved in auditory processing. This improvement generated by auditory training can be observed through behavioral, electrophysiological and an improvement in quality of life of these individuals (identified through the questionnaire THI).The objective of this study is to assess the effectiveness of a program of formal auditory training in patients with tinnitus in remission or improvement of symptoms.For the composition of the two groups (RG - research group - and CG - control group) will be selected 20 individuals of both sexes for each group. It is noteworthy that the sex and age of the GC will be paired according to the RG. Exclusion criteria for this study are: hearing thresholds greater than 45 dB HL at all frequencies tested, changes in the results of impedance, changes in auditory processing known, use of alcohol, continued use of salicylates or neurological disorders known to both groups and tinnitus unsystematic and / or perception of tinnitus than a year ago, the latter two criteria applied only to the RG.Procedures: questionnaire about the history of disease and patient's hearing, tonal and vocal audiometry, imitanciometry, Auditory Evoked Potentials (Short, Middle and Long Latency); Acuphenometry; Tinnitus Handicap Inventory, two tests of auditory processing (GIN - Gaps In Noise and Speech in noise); formal auditory training sessions (TAF), a total of 8 sessions only for individuals with tinnitus.At the end of 8 sessions of TAF, individuals will undergo further assessment in the manner described above and the results will be compared before and after TAF.

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

TUGUMIA, DANIELE; SAMELLI, ALESSANDRA GIANNELLA; MATAS, CARLA GENTILE; LEITE MAGLIARO, FERNANDA CRISTINA; RABELO, CAMILA MAIA. Auditory training program in subjects with tinnitus. CoDAS, v. 28, n. 1, p. 27-33, JAN-FEB 2016. (10/06699-8)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

TUGUMIA, Daniele. Effect of an auditory training program on patients with tinnitus. 2013. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Medicina (FM/SBD) São Paulo.