Clinical psychology research on tinnitus 1

ミミナリ ノ リンショウ シンリガク テキ ケンキュウ 1

オオワキ, マナ

Oowaki, Mana

オオサカ ダイガク ダイガクイン ニンゲン カガク ケンキュウカ キョウイクガクケイ

Department of Education, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University

英語

The tinnitus is a phenomenon that leads to the perception of sound, although an outside sound does not exist. While there are people who find tinnitus extremely painful and whose daily lives are affected, there also exist people who do not feel any pain. The medical generation factor of the tinnitus is not fixed, and the method of treatment has not been established. There has been little clinical psychology research on tinnitus, although it is said that it plays a role in psychological factors such as depression and uneasiness. Nowadays, the Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (hereafter, TRT) is used as a new treatment method. Evaluation by a doctor and an interview conducted by a clinical psychologist were enforced because it corresponded to a difficult example. Further, the termination example in TRT and reinforced-TRT, which was a joint approach, was enforced. TRT was compared with reinforced-TRT. Reinforced-TRT was effective. It is assumed that it was more effective to include a psychology interview. First, when a current psychology interview in reinforced-TRT was conducted, a person with strong depression and anxiousness understood that the factor that became the nature of the tinnitus significantly influenced an external factor. Moreover, the problems concerning clinical psychology research on the tinnitus in the future are discussed through this examination.

英語