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ReviewHNO2025

[Chronic tinnitus from a psychological perspective].

Benjamin Boecking, Birgit Mazurek

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Review in HNO, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Benjamin BoeckingTinnituszentrum, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Luisenstraße 13, 10117, Berlin, Deutschland.
Birgit MazurekTinnituszentrum, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Luisenstraße 13, 10117, Berlin, Deutschland. birgit.mazurek@charite.de.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic tinnitus is a common and often highly distressing phenomenon that, in its chronic phase, is primarily maintained by psychological factors. Individuals affected by tinnitus frequently attribute fluctuations in their emotional well-being causally to the tinnitus symptom. However, from a psychotherapeutic perspective, both the perception of symptoms and the resulting emotional distress are shaped by complex, dynamic interactions involving (a) personal life experiences, (b) personality traits, (c) the subjective interpretation of intrapsychic and interpersonal stimuli, (d) emotional states, and (e) coping strategies at both intrapsychic and interpersonal levels. This review begins with a brief introduction and then connects a well-established psychological theory of chronic tinnitus development and maintenance with a broader vulnerability-stress-coping model. Within this framework, we present key research findings from both somatic and psychological perspectives, ultimately offering insights for psychotherapeutic prevention and treatment approaches.

Indexed as

Models, PsychologicalPsychotherapyStress, PsychologicalTinnitusAdaptation, PsychologicalChronic DiseaseEvidence-Based MedicineHumansChronic tinnitusClinical psychologyPsychological case conceptualizationPsychotherapyVulnerability-stress-coping

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.