자연음을 활용한 부분 차폐의 이명 재활 효과

• 영문명: Tinnitus Rehabilitation Effects Using Partial Masking with Nature Sounds
• 발행기관: 한국청각언어재활학회
• 저자명: 정승엽(Seungyeop Jeong) 허소희(Sohee Heo) 오홍엽(Hongyeop Oh) 유제은(Jeeun Yoo) 진인기(In-Ki Jin)
• 간행물 정보: 『Audiology and Speech Research』Audiology and Speech Research 제15권 제1호, 30~37쪽, 전체 8쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 교육학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2019.01.31

영문 초록

Purpose: The purpose of the current study was to identify tinnitus rehabilitation effects using partial masking with nature sounds. Methods: Nineteen people who had chronic subjective tinnitus participated in this study. Each participant was randomly assigned to one of two groups: counselling and sound therapy using nature sounds or counselling and sound therapy using broadband noise (BBN). Two types of nature sounds were used: the sound of waves and the water of a stream. The partial masking was applied to the sound therapy in both groups and the rehabilitation period was three months. The Tinnitus Handicap Index was administered before and after the rehabilitation. Results: The average decrease in tinnitus as shown by the questionnaire was 15.92% for the nature sound therapy group and 8.43% for the BBN therapy group. Statistical significance was observed only in the nature sound therapy group (p < 0.05). For effect size (Cohen’s d) of the tinnitus rehabilitation, the nature sound therapy group was 1.03 (large effect) and the BBN therapy group was 0.58 (moderate effect). Conclusion: Results of the current study showed that sound therapy using nature sounds was more effective than sound therapy using BBN in a short period of tinnitus rehabilitation. Although further studies are required, results of the current study indicate that the effect of the tinnitus rehabilitation may differ, depending on the characteristics of the sound stimulus.

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키워드

이명 차폐 이명 재활 소리치료 주관적 이명 치료 Tinnitus Masking Tinnitus rehabilitation Sound therapy Subjective tinnitus treatment