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Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) for Tinnitus Distress

Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) for Tinnitus Distress

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Dr. Bruce Hubbard provides resources for tinnitus distress which affects about 16 million people in the United States. Tinnitus, commonly known as “ringing in the ears”, is an auditory condition that in one out of three cases triggers a persistent emotional reaction, highly related to anxiety, depression and insomnia, that ranges in severity from mild to disabling.

Cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT) — which has been under development for decades — is the only evidence-based treatment for tinnitus distress. Dr. Hubbard provides an overview of CBT strategies, including acceptance and mindfulness, specifically for addressing this condition.

Dr Hubbard is a clinical psychologist and educator in New York City who specializes in treating the emotional impact of tinnitus, sound sensitivity and hearing loss, using mindfulness-based cognitive-behavior therapy.

Visit www.adaa.org for access to free anxiety and depression-related resources including webinars, blog posts, and more…

Tinnitus is a common neurological condition in which a person hears internal sounds which have no external source. Everyone hears tinnitus occasionally, but for about a billion people world-wide the sounds are persistent and chronic. Persistent tinnitus appears to arise from the same nerve damage that causes hearing loss. There is no known medical treatment. Shortly after tinnitus starts about one in four people develop an emotional condition called tinnitus distress, which consists of mild to severe anxiety. Audiologist-guided “sound therapy” is the most common treatment for tinnitus distress, however, this has been shown to be no better than placebo.

Cognitive Behavior Therapy is the only evidence-based treatment for tinnitus distress and the only treatment recommended in US and European tinnitus clinical guidelines. However, because tinnitus is not a mental health diagnosis, very few qualified cognitive behavior therapists know of or treat tinnitus distress. In 2017, Bruce Hubbard and the ADAA produced the first freely available webinar on “Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Tinnitus Distress.”

This Part 2 webinar expands on and clarifies points made in the original, and a best practice version of CBT for tinnitus is described. “Best Practice CBT for tinnitus Distress” incorporates concepts and strategies from two additional therapies in the CBT family, which have been shown to significantly reduce tinnitus distress: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT).

NEW!
Register for Part 3 – Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) for Tinnitus Distress: Your Questions – Free Live webinar with Dr. Hubbard – Tuesday, May 2, 2023 – 1:00- 2:00 pm EST
https://adaa.org/webinar/consumer/cognitive-behavior-therapy-cbt-tinnitus-distress-your-questions

This free live webinar will be a follow-up to our recent webinar Best Practice CBT for Tinnitus Distress

This will be an opportunity for you to ask Dr. Hubbard your questions. Feel free to send in your questions ahead of time to webinars@adaa.org.

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