The Long‐term Effectiveness of Tinnitus Multivariate Integrated Sound Therapy (T‐MIST) in 148 tinnitus patients with normal hearing thresholds: Our initial experience

Zhao, Yongqiang; Zhao, Fei; Refaie, Amr El; Wang, Bo-Chen; Chen, Danping; Chen, Kangsong; Lan, Tianxiang

doi:10.1111/coa.13426

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“…Patients can choose the desired two-tone and Transfocus type and comfortable loudness. The playing time is 15 min each time [ 16 ]. According to patients' subjective feelings after treatment, the treatment results can be divided into (1) vanishing, (2) remission, and (3) unchanged.…”

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“…As one of the main treatment methods for tinnitus, sound therapy is based on the theory that it is through auditory stimulation to reverse the abnormal nerve excitation and brain area connection, to alleviate or eliminate tinnitus [13][14][15]. Tinnitus multielement integration sound therapy (T-MIST) is an acoustic therapy for tinnitus using full precision audiometry (FPT) to match frequency and loudness for tinnitus patients, combined with background noise and soothing music [16]. So far, we have not found literature comparing the treatment effects of different groups.…”

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“…Sound stimulation reduces spontaneous activity in the primary auditory cortex in tinnitus patients. Improves tinnitus perception by reversing abnormal activity in primary auditory cortex neurons and a broad network of frontal, parietal, and limbic regions[16,[24][25][26].…”

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Comparison of Different Therapeutic Effects of T-MIST for Chronic Idiopathic Tinnitus

Chaoqun

Fang

Chen

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BioMed Research International

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Objective. Tinnitus, as a common clinical symptom, has the characteristics of high incidence and great heterogeneity among different patients. As one of the common treatment strategies for tinnitus, this study is aimed at exploring the factors influencing tinnitus sound therapy and the correlation between different tinnitus acoustic characteristics. Methods. 315 patients with chronic tinnitus were enrolled and divided into three groups according to the tinnitus multielement integration sound therapy (T-MIST): (1) vanishing, (2) remission, and (3) unchanged. The general characteristics, psychoacoustic scores (tinnitus handicap inventory (THI) and visual analog scale (VAS)), residual inhibition (RI), degree of hearing loss, and tinnitus characteristics of each group were compared. Finally, we analyze the predictive significance of different features for acoustic effects. Results. The frequency of tinnitus in the vanishing group was higher than that in the remission and unchanged groups ( P < 0.05 ). There were no differences in age, initial onset time, course of the disease, and VSAD between the vanishing group and the unchanged group ( P > 0.05 ). High-frequency tinnitus may predict the vanishing of tinnitus after treatment ( P < 0.05 ), but the degree of hearing loss, tinnitus characteristics (loudness and frequency), and psychoacoustic score (THI and VAS) were only weakly correlated ( P < 0.05 ). Residual inhibition test (RI) was an independent risk factor for the efficacy of acoustic therapy ( P < 0.001 ). Conclusion. The patients were divided into three groups by T-MIST treatment effect; Kruskal-Wallis test and chi-square test were used to compare the baseline information of each group. Then, we analyzed the correlation between patient characteristics and psychoacoustic scores. Finally, logistic regression was performed to explore predictors that might influence the treatment effect. High-frequency tinnitus may have a better therapeutic effect; age, disease course, and other factors can not be stable explanation factors for a poor therapeutic effect of tinnitus. The residual inhibition (RI) test was an independent factor in predicting the efficacy of T-MIST.

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Comparison of Different Therapeutic Effects of T-MIST for Chronic Idiopathic Tinnitus

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Chen

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“…A detailed protocol is given in Zhao et al 20 To summarize, 3 types of sound sources were chosen as the fundamental components of T-MIST. These sound sources were:…”

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“…Its effectiveness has been demonstrated, with significant decreases in Tinnitus Handicap Inventory scores postintervention. 20 In recent years, the Internet has been increasingly used to provide interventions and health care information with positive outcomes because of its accessibility, time, and cost-effectiveness. [21][22][23] In regard to tinnitus management, evidence in the literature indicates that Internet-based CBT (iCBT) is not only able to reduce disparity in gaining access to psychological support but is effective in improving quality of life with reductions in tinnitus distress and psychological comorbidities.…”

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The Acceptability and Influencing Factors of an Internet-Based Tinnitus Multivariate Integrated Sound Therapy for Patients With Tinnitus

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Objective: To explore the acceptability and influencing factors of an Internet-based Tinnitus Multivariate Integrated Sound Therapy (iT-MIST). The individually tailored sound therapy used narrowband noise centered on the patient’s tinnitus frequency in combination with natural sounds and relaxing music. Design: Patients with tinnitus were given a 1-week trial of iT-MIST. Semistructured interviews were then carried out and a thematic analysis used to analyze, identify, organize, and report factors discovered in the data. Study Sample: Semistructured interviews were carried out with 11 participants, 2 women and 9 men, mean age 39.82 years. Results: The first theme identified from patient interview analysis was their motivation to undertake and expectations of iT-MIST. Nearly half of the participants indicated that advice from the physician was considered very important and professional. Benefits acknowledged by most participants from their iT-MIST experience were accessibility, convenience, time- and cost-effectiveness, and emotional benefit. However, a few participants with poor understanding of tinnitus and iT-MIST showed a negative acceptability with doubtful thoughts and complaints about technical issues such as being easily interrupted by messages and phone calls. Conclusion: Patients with tinnitus in this study were not universally accepting of the iT-MIST therapy. Concerns about their tinnitus and ability to comply with doctor’s recommendations were the main influencing factors. Attitude or willingness to explore new therapies facilitated its use. Emotional benefits, for example, relaxation and comfort, were seen to sustain motivation, while doubtful thoughts and technical problems negatively affected acceptability.

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Clinical characteristics of subjective idiopathic tinnitus and preliminarily analyses for the effect of tinnitus multielement integration sound therapy

Yang

Wang

et al. 2021

Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol

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The Long‐term Effectiveness of Tinnitus Multivariate Integrated Sound Therapy (T‐MIST) in 148 tinnitus patients with normal hearing thresholds: Our initial experience

Cited by 6 publications

References 9 publications

Comparison of Different Therapeutic Effects of T-MIST for Chronic Idiopathic Tinnitus

Comparison of Different Therapeutic Effects of T-MIST for Chronic Idiopathic Tinnitus

The Acceptability and Influencing Factors of an Internet-Based Tinnitus Multivariate Integrated Sound Therapy for Patients With Tinnitus

Clinical characteristics of subjective idiopathic tinnitus and preliminarily analyses for the effect of tinnitus multielement integration sound therapy

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