Living With Tinnitus (Living With Series)

Books in the Living with ... series offer positive strategies to combat common medical and psychological problems. Causes and symptoms are explained and the various treatments - both physical and psychological - are discussed in detail. Each book is written in clear terms by professionals working in the relevant field and each provides essential reading for both sufferers and carers alike.Tinnitus, or ringing in the ears, is a common and distressing problem for which there is little effective drug treatment available. However tinnitus can be overcome without drugs.Clinical psychologists, David Rees and Simon Smith provide a practical self-help guide to help sufferers learn to live with the noises in their heads. The book provides a positive and active approach to combating the many problems tinnitus causes. The reader is encouraged to tackle these by assessing each problem area and using the tried and tested solutions offered.Illustrated throughout with case study examples taken from the authors' own clinical experience, this guide demonstrates that tinnitus is not a condition that has to be put up with, and shows how it can be overcome.Written for tinnitus sufferers, this book will also be a useful source of up to date information and a guide to therapeutic intervention for doctors and audiological technicians.