Effects of Educational Counseling as Solitary Therapy for Chronic Primary Tinnitus and Related Problems

Table 4

Characteristics of 5 patients with complete tinnitus resolution.

Characteristic	Case 1	Case 2	Case 3	Case 4	Case 5
Gender	Female	Female	Female	Male	Female
Age, years	44	65	51	24	48
Tinnitus side	Right	Bilateral	Right	Left	Bilateral
Hearing	Normal	Impaired	Normal	Normal	Impaired
Initial THI severity grade	I	II	II	III	II
Tinnitus loudness	In quiet	In noise	In quiet	In quiet	In quiet
Durations, months
Tinnitus before first contact	6	24	13	11	30
Tinnitus cessation after initial education	2.7	15.5	6	11	7
Total tinnitus before cessation	11	39.5	19	22	37
Follow-up duration after initial education	16.7	22.5	22	12	12.5
Strict sleep adjustment	Until date	Until date	Until date	Until date	Until date
Diet adjustment	Controlled partly; until date	Controlled partly; until date	Controlled strictly before tinnitus cessation	Controlled strictly for initial 6 months	Controlled strictly for initial 11 months