✦ Clinical Takeaway ✦
No actionable change — this is an editorial letter responding to a small feasibility study; it does not provide sufficient new evidence to alter clinical practice for tinnitus retraining therapy delivery.
✦ Why It Matters ✦
Highlights growing interest in and scrutiny of smartphone-delivered tinnitus retraining therapy for a complex patient population, signalling that digital audiology tools are attracting peer debate.
✦ Key Points ✦
- 01Letter to the editor responds to Gunay et al.'s feasibility study on app-based tinnitus retraining therapy (TRT) in Meniere's disease.
- 02The patient group studied had undergone vestibular ablation (a procedure to destroy inner-ear balance function).
- 03Published in European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology (2026).
- 04As a letter, it contributes scholarly commentary rather than new empirical data.
- 05Smartphone-based TRT delivery is an emerging but still-experimental approach in this population.
✦ Research metadata ✦
- PMID
- 42265247
- DOI
- 10.1007/s00405-026-10384-9.
- Journal
- European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology
- Publication type
- editorial
- Evidence level
- 5
- Population
- Meniere's disease patients following vestibular ablation
- Intervention
- Smartphone-based tinnitus retraining therapy