Tinnitus Şikayeti Olan Bireylere Verilen Danışmanlık Hizmetinde Türkçe Standart Görsel Materyal Kullanımının Etkisinin Araştırılması.

Abstract

Tinnitus is defined as perception of sound in the absence of a corresponding external acoustic stimulus has lead to decrement in quality of life people with tinnitus. It is necessary to consult people with tinnitus about all aspects of tinnitus in order to cope with it more effectively regardless of which kind of treatments applied. The counseling included both information and coping strategies related to tinnitus has to been provided by suitable, understandable and standardized materials. The aim of this study is to assess the effectiveness of Turkish standardized visual counseling material about tinnitus developed by researcher in terms of tinnitus severity and satisfaction level. Turkish standardized visual counseling material's comprehensibleness and suitability were assessed with a pilot study and then it was revised according to results of it. All participants who were forty people diagnosed with subjective tinnitus were conducted initial interview to evaluate their conditions before the counseling and completed the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI) to determine tinnitus severity. The participants were dived and randomly assigned two groups; first one was given counseling with Turkish standardized visual counseling material and second was given counseling only verbally with same content. After counseling, the follow-up interview and THI were applied to evaluate their conditions and satisfaction levels. It was found that there was no significant difference between people given counseling with Turkish standardized visual counseling material and people given only verbally counseling in terms of tinnitus severity and satisfaction level (p>.05). There was a significant difference between before and after counseling in terms of tinnitus severity in both groups (p<.05). Although all participants reported they had satisfied and the satisfaction levels of both groups were high, verbally counseling group reported more items focused visuality which were improved.