Researchers found patients using the therapeutic app experienced “substantial and lasting reductions” in tinnitus-related distress and functional impairment. Image: Miss Irine/stock.adobe.com. A mobile phone app delivering educational counselling and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) techniques may offer an effective treatment for people with chronic tinnitus, according to a new randomised clinical trial....
Audiologists managing tinnitus patients should consider app-based CBT and counselling as a viable, scalable intervention option that may reduce tinnitus-related distress and functional impairment.
Scalable digital delivery of evidence-based tinnitus therapy could dramatically expand access to effective care beyond clinic walls, particularly for patients in areas with limited specialist availability.
- 01A smartphone app delivering CBT and educational counselling reduced tinnitus-related distress.
- 02Reductions were described as substantial and lasting — not just short-term improvements.
- 03Relevant to the growing field of digital therapeutics in audiology.
- 04Reported by an independent Australian trade news outlet, not the original study publisher.
- 05Original study methodology and sample size not detailed in the trade report.
A mobile phone app delivering CBT and educational counselling produced substantial and lasting reductions in tinnitus-related distress.
studypartially supportedApp-based CBT reduced functional impairment associated with tinnitus.
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