Trial of Management of Chronic Tinnitus by Sound Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

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Conditions studied: Chronic Subjective Tinnitus

In brief

clinical trial: The main aim of this study is to compare the effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Sound Therapy, both individually and in combination, in the management of patients with chronic subjective tinnitus and to evaluate their impact on decreasing tinnitus severity, psychological wellbeing and quality of life. Patients will be randomly divided into three groups: * Group A: patients will receive Sound Therapy. * Group B: patients will receive Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). * Group C: patients will receive Combined CBT + Sound Therapy.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07665385

Run by

Sohag University

People needed

60

Starts

2026-06-10

Expected to finish

2026-12-10

Last updated by the study team

2026-06-30

Who can join

Age: 2 and older, up to 5. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• o Age: 18-65 years.
• Hearing level: Patients with normal hearing or mild to moderate sensorineural hearing loss (to ensure homogeneity of the sample) (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, 2020)
• Complaint: patients with chronic subjective tinnitus (> 3 months).
• Psychological state: Patients with stable general and psychological condition.

You may not qualify if…

• o Age: <18, >65 years
• Hearing level: Patients with severe hearing loss not suitable for sound therapy
• Complaint: Objective tinnitus (vascular or muscular origin)
• Psychological state: Patients with active psychiatric disorders requiring immediate intervention.
• Active middle or external ear disease

Where it is running

• Sohag faculty of medicine — Sohag, Egypt

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