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Our health advice – In the absence of drug treatment, patients have no choice but to learn to live with this hearing disorder which can be quite disabling.
“Some speak of a whistling or humming sound, some speak of cicadas or an airplane taking off, of a pressure cooker, the crackle of an old television…”. When Livia Moati sees tinnitus patients come into her office, they’ve usually tried everything for months, even years, before finally turning to psychotherapy.
This Parisian psychologist, who works both privately and at the Kremlin-Biquetre Hospital (Val-de-Marne), has made this hearing disorder his specialty. “We’re not trying to make tinnitus disappear, it’s not possible”She explained in a soft voice, mentioning the absence of drug treatment. “We try to give our patients the tools to learn to accept, to let go, with the goal of returning to a more fulfilling life.”
Although invisible on the outside, tinnitus can be very debilitating on a daily basis. “Patients have …
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