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Cognitive behavioural therapy for tinnitus
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CBT versus audiological care (tinnitus education and rehabilitation for hearing loss), Outcome 3 Depression at end of treatment..........................
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“there is low certainty to support its use for depression and anxiety in people with tinnitus due to the methodological quality of evidence (Fuller et al., 2020).”
From A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Exploring Effects of Third-Wave Psychological Therapies on Hearing-Related Distress, Depression, Anxiety, and Quality of Life in People With Audiological Problems. (2022) · cites this paper as Fuller et al., 2020
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“Compared to audiological care and tinnitus retraining therapy, CBT is more effective in improving quality of life.”
From Research trends and hotspots of cognitive behavioral therapy for tinnitus: a bibliometric analysis (2025) · cites this paper as Fuller et al., 2020
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“CBT is the first-line evidence-based psychotherapy for tinnitus, and it aims to modify dysfunctional beliefs and behaviours in order to reduce the annoyance and distress associated with tinnitus.7”
From SoundMind Trial: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial for online acceptance and commitment therapy and sound therapy for tinnitus (2024) · cites this paper as [7]
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“There is a lack of reliable and consistent evidence on the efficacy of the individual and combination treatments, such as audiological care and psychological treatment.”
From Combining the unequal variance signal detection model with the health belief model to optimize shared decision making in tinnitus patients: part 2—patient profiling (2025) · cites this paper as Fuller et al., 2020
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“This is due to different study designs and lack of reproducible results (Fuller et al., 2020; Hoare et al., 2014; Sereda et al., 2018).”
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“Programs based on a CBT approach seem to help reduce distress symptoms and cognitive dysfunctions, improve pain management, and increase well-being [19–21].”
From Connect-ROD – development and qualitative evaluation of a community-based group intervention to support well-being in patients with a rare or orphan disease (2024) · cites this paper as [20]
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“The most cited paper (39 citations) was “Cognitive behavioral therapy for tinnitus (Fuller et al., 2020),” published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.”
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“Furthermore, CBT rarely leads to any adverse effects, but further research is needed to verify its long-term efficacy (Fuller et al., 2020).”
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“This review, through the analysis of 28 randomized controlled trials, found that compared to no treatment or waiting list control for tinnitus, CBT significantly improved the severity of tinnitus and may to a lesser extent reduce depressive symptoms.”
From Research trends and hotspots of cognitive behavioral therapy for tinnitus: a bibliometric analysis (2025) · cites this paper as Fuller et al., 2020
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“This review, through the analysis of 28 randomized controlled trials, found that compared to no treatment or waiting list control for tinnitus, CBT significantly improved the severity of tinnitus and may to a lesser extent reduce depressive symptoms.”
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“Despite the extensive literature, there is little consensus on treatment effectiveness for chronic tinnitus (Fuller et al., 2020; Marks et al., 2019).”
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“Cognitive behavioral treatment approaches reproducibly help patients in managing chronic tinnitus.”
From Randomized controlled trial of a smartphone-based cognitive behavioral therapy for chronic tinnitus (2023) · cites this paper as [16]
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- Authors
- Fuller, T., Cima, R., Langguth, B., Mazurek, B., Vlaeyen, J. W., & Hoare, D. J.
- Affiliations
- Maastricht University (NL)
- University of Regensburg (DE)
- Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- KU Leuven (BE)
- University of Nottingham (GB)
- Venue
- Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2020-01-08
- Volume
- 2020
- Issue
- 1
- ISSN
- 1361-6137 (ISSN-L)
- 1465-1858
- OpenAlex
- W4211059041
- Cited by
- 212
- References
- 201
- Citations by year
- 2026: 14 · 2025: 30 · 2024: 37 · 2023: 43 · 2022: 39 · 2021: 35 · 2020: 13
- FWCI
- 4.24
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- Lirias (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Research Publications (Maastricht University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Sensory Systems › Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Speech and Hearing › Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Acoustics and Ultrasonics › Noise Effects and Management
- Keywords
- cognitive behavioral therapy, tinnitus, depression, tinnitus rehabilitation, hearing loss, treatment outcomes
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