Hörtraining, Hörtherapie und nichtapparative Hörrehabilitation bei Schwerhörigen im Wandel der Zeiten

Abstract

The wish to integrate deaf individuals into the auditory verbal oriented society, the tremendous number of soldiers suffering from noise-induced hearing loss after World War II, modern hearing aids and cochlear implants, and finally availability of personal computers has fostered the development of auditory training methods. Further research has to investigate whether auditory training combined with drug therapy or other stimulation methods are beneficial.

Evidence and evidence gaps in tinnitus therapy

“…An overview about the current status of hearing therapy and its history is given by Ptok et al based on a research of the literature [184]. The modern hearing therapy originates from Urbantschitsch who promoted independent hearing exercises especially of hearing impaired patients.…”