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Military Trauma And Its Influence On Loudness Perception, Marc A. Fagelson
Military Trauma And Its Influence On Loudness Perception, Marc A. Fagelson
Marc A. Fagelson
Excerpt: It is often the case that veterans who experience hyperacusis have hearing loss and tinnitus; what sets the patient with PTSD apart is an increased likelihood that will rate sound tolerance problems as more severe than tinnitus and hearing loss.
Tinnitus And Trauma, Marc A. Fagelson
Tinnitus And Trauma, Marc A. Fagelson
Marc A. Fagelson
Trauma-provoked tinnitus challenges patients and clinicians. Effects of trauma may exacerbate tinnitus, and patients with both tinnitus and posttraumatic stress disorder rate distress levels as higher than patients who experience only one or the other. This presentation will highlight links between tinnitus and trauma histories relevant to clinical audiologists.
Implementing Psychological Methods In The Management Of Trauma-Associated Tinnitus, Marc A. Fagelson
Implementing Psychological Methods In The Management Of Trauma-Associated Tinnitus, Marc A. Fagelson
Marc A. Fagelson
Dr. Fagelson, (Professor Audiology, ETSU) will discuss the unusual challenges facing patients and providers when tinnitus severity is linked to traumatic exposure. Interactions between neural mechanisms associated with tinnitus, posttraumatic stress-disorder (PTSD), and traumatic memory will be reviewed with particular attention to the way and degree to which such interactions affect tinnitus and disorders of sound tolerance. Conference attendees will be provided theoretical models of emotional memory consolidation that underscore trauma‘s durable effects on a patient‘s emotional state, reaction to the tinnitus signal, and to potentially-triggering environmental sounds. The putative benefits of tinnitus counseling will be presented in the context …