Tinnitus Treatments: TRT(1) Sixth International Tinnitus Seminar 1999292 Results of tinnitus retraining therapy

A retrospective study of 483 patients were offered Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (TRT) based on the Jastreboff neurophysiological model, at the London Tinnitus and Hyperacusis Centre. 381 attended at 6–12 months and of these 224 attended a final appointment, over a median period of 21 months. Of the 224 patients receiving full TRT, 83.7 % achieved a significant benefit using the 40 % improvement criteria. The group that did not reach this significance level did however show a beneficial change in tinnitus effect on life