A Qualitative Study on Factors Modulating Tinnitus Experience

Colagrosso, Emilia M G; Fournier, Philippe; Fitzpatrick, Elizabeth; Hébert, Sylvie

doi:10.1097/aud.0000000000000642

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“…74 This finding is in line with studies that demonstrate the contribution of environmental factors in modulating tinnitus. 73,77 Dizziness in Patients with COVID-19…”

Section: Tinnitus In Patients With Covid-19mentioning

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Hearing Loss, Tinnitus, and Dizziness in COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Jafari

Kolb

Mohajerani

2021

Can. J. Neurol. Sci.

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“…74 This finding is in line with studies that demonstrate the contribution of environmental factors in modulating tinnitus. 73,77 Dizziness in Patients with COVID-19…”

Section: Tinnitus In Patients With Covid-19mentioning

confidence: 99%

Hearing Loss, Tinnitus, and Dizziness in COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Jafari

Kolb

Mohajerani

2021

Can. J. Neurol. Sci.

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115

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“…(50)], thematic analysis studies(51,52), and mixed methods studies[i.e., qualitative and quantitative, (53)]. Researchers have contributed to extend original open-ended approaches to the patients suffering [e.g., Tyler and Baker (54) and Sanchez and Stephens…”

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The Experience of Tinnitus and Its Interaction With Unique Life Histories—Life Events, Trauma and Inner Resources Narrated by Patients With Tinnitus

2020

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Background: The challenges facing people with chronic tinnitus include finding relief and rebuilding quality of life. However, previous traumatic episodes may influence adjustment and prolong suffering. Recovery implies reducing aggravating reactions and improving social roles, relationships and interests. Self-narratives about living with tinnitus have not yet received the attention they deserve in the research literature. Thus, the main goal of the present study was to illustrate how tinnitus suffering interacts with the participants' unique life histories. Method: Four women and one man (ages 52-58) took part in the study after consulting a special hearing clinic for annoying tinnitus. Criteria for inclusion were that tinnitus was regarded as a problem with negative consequences for quality of life. The participants should be willing to share how the experience of tinnitus suffering interacts with their previous life story. Narrative methodology was employed in order to achieve the goals of the study. We used unstructured interviews with free conversation, which allowed for rich narratives with full contextual meaning. Results: The findings, based on the narrative analysis, revealed that three out of five participants presented a regressive form of narrative indicating ongoing struggles beyond tinnitus itself, which they were unable to bring to closure. For them, valued goals were continuously thwarted by frustrating circumstances in their lives, either past events or current unresolved issues. Progressive and stable narratives, as identified in the other two participants, demonstrated values that rely on others' attitude and understanding toward their suffering, in sharp contrast to the regressive narratives. We suggest that a central issue in tinnitus rehabilitation should be to help suffering patients to overcome unresolved conflicts and thereby extend their ability for a fuller commitment in life. Conclusion: Considering enduring tinnitus as a chronic condition, whose course is likely to vary depending on the patient's general health status, an alteration of progressive and stable narratives is likely to occur during the lifespan. A progressive narrative shows Erlandsson et al. Tinnitus and Life Histories similarities to the core construct of the salutogenesis model of health promotion (1). In conclusion, a narrative approach in tinnitus rehabilitation can be health promoting by offering the patient the opportunity to engage in storytelling, which in turn can increase comprehensibility and a sense of coherence.

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“…This distress is attached to a sense of loss. 35 Colagrasso et al 35 refer to the physical state embodied with tinnitus which can include feeling physically unwell, fatigue and auditory strain. These descriptions are echoed elsewhere.…”

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Lifeworld interpretation of tinnitus

Pryce

Shaw

2019

Med Humanities

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Lifeworld-led care provides a route through which research and practice can navigate the ‘biopsychosocial’ allowing us to overcome the shortfalls of the medical model and enabling us to prioritise humanity in the care of people living with tinnitus. In this article, we sought to explore qualitative descriptions of life with tinnitus. We aimed to address the question ‘what it is like to live with tinnitus?’ In doing so we examined qualitative studies and provide suggestions about key themes that seem consistent. This is a narrative, thematic overview of the way lifeworld has been conceptualised and explored in tinnitus research.

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A Qualitative Study on Factors Modulating Tinnitus Experience

Cited by 26 publications

References 35 publications

Hearing Loss, Tinnitus, and Dizziness in COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Hearing Loss, Tinnitus, and Dizziness in COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

The Experience of Tinnitus and Its Interaction With Unique Life Histories—Life Events, Trauma and Inner Resources Narrated by Patients With Tinnitus

Lifeworld interpretation of tinnitus

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