ผู้วิจัย/Authors: Thawatchai Krisanaprakorkit, Kwanchanok Yimtae.

ชื่อเรื่อง/Title: Integrative care for Hearing Loss and Tinnitus.

แหล่งที่มา/Source: Journal of the Psychiatric Association of Thailand, Vol. 51, No. 1, January-March 2006, Page 53.

รายละเอียด / Details:

Hearing loss is a disability of hearing and sound discrimination. In case of bilateral hearing loss, the stimulus reaction and communication will be affected. There are many consequences such as life adjustment, sense of inferiority and associated psychological symptoms. Anxiety, depression, paranoid ideations and social withdrawal will inevitaby be occurred. Hearing loss in childhood will have serious effects to spech and language development. Tinnitus is the perception of sound in the ears or head where no external source is present. In almost all cases, tinnitus is a subjective noise, describes it as ringing in the ears buzzing whooshing pulsing or clicks. Tinnitus is different from voices in auditory hallucination and should be differentiated from transferring of thoughts into the patient's brain as in thought insertion. Hearing loss and tinnitus are often concomitantly occurred. The impairment and disturbances will cause disbilities in various aspects comprised of physical, mental and social functioning. It is dire necessity for health care providers to understand the etiologies, pathologies, psychological connections. The holistic care by multidisciplinary team should start from evaluation at the beginning, to assess severity of hearing loss and tinnitus, meaning copings and psychiatric co-morbidities. The treatment by otobeurologic approach, pharmacotherapy and psychological therapies were discussed.

Keywords: hearing loss, tinnitus, etiology, co-morbidities, antidepressants, holistic care, multidisciplinary team, anxiety, depression, paranoid, mental health, psychological treatment.

ปีที่เผยแพร่/Year: 2006

Address: Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University

Code: 20050000528

ISSN/ISBN: 0125-6985

Country of publication: Thailand.

Language: English.

Category: Abstract Journal.

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