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Most clinicians have little experience with tinnitus treatments, and are unsure of how to help a patient suffering from the condition. Filling a significant gap in literature, this book offers a variety of in-depth protocols to treat tinnitus. Beginning with a review of several neurophysiological and psychological models of tinnitus, the book goes on to cover evaluation tools; counseling options and methods; treatment with hearing aids, wearable and non-wearable noise generators, and music; tinnitus-related insomnia; quality-of-life issues; and much more. Highly experienced clinicians give you the practical strategies to apply such therapeutic modalities as cognitive-behavioral therapy, individual and group sessions, sound therapy, habituation therapy, and narrative therapy. You will also find sample handouts to allow for effective communication with patients. With key clinical information for implementing all current therapies, this text is an essential professional tool for audiologists, psychologists, and other practitioners involved in managing otologic disorders. About the Author Richard Tyler, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery and in the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology at the University of Iowa. Tyler and Sergei Kochkin, PhD recently sat down to talk about the results of a survey they conducted about tinnitus treatment and the effectiveness of hearing aids, which was published in the December 2008 edition of The Hearing Review. Table of Contents Foreword Preface Contributors 1. Neurophysiological Models, Psychological Models, and Treatments for Tinnitus Richard S. Tyler 2. Tinnitus Self-Treatment    Daiv I. Sizer and Robert R.A. Coles 3. Internet-Based Self-Help Treatment of Tinnitus    Gerhard Andersson and Viktor Kaldo 4. Treating Tinnitus in Patients with Otologic Conditions    David M. Baguley, Catriona A. Williamson, and David A. Moffat 5. Lifestyle Changes for Tinnitus Self-Management    Robert L. Folmer, William Hal Martin, Yongbing Shi, and Linda L. Edlefsen 6. Tinnitus Habituation Therapy    Richard S. Hallam and Laurence McKenna 7. Tinnitus-Related Insomnia Treatment    Laurence McKenna and H. Clare Daniel 8. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy with Applied Relaxation    Gerhard Andersson and Viktor Kaldo 9. Tinnitus Activities Treatment   Richard S. Tyler, Anne K. Gehringer, William Noble, Camille C. Dunn, Shelley A. Witt, and Aditya Bardia 10. Tinnitus Retraining Therapy    Grazyna M. Bartnik and Henryk Skarzynski 11. Music and the Acoustic Desensitization Protocol for Tinnitus    Paul B. Davis 12. Hearing Aids and Tinnitus    Grant D. Searchfield 13. Tinnitus Sound Therapies    Robert L. Folmer, William Hal Martin, Yongbing Shi,   and Linda L. Edlefsen 14. Incorporating Group and Individual Sessions into a Tinnitus Management Clinic   Craig W. Newman and Sharon A. Sandridge 15. Tinnitus Person-Centered Therapy    Anne-Mette Mohr and Uno Hedelund 16. Scary Monsters and Waterfalls: Tinnitus Narrative Therapy for Children   Rosie C. Kentish and Susan R. Crocker Index