Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in the Treatment of Sudden Hearing Loss with Comorbid Anxiety
WANG Yang
ZHAO Chunjie
YE Fanglei
ZHU Xiaodan
QI Jingcui
Abstract：Objective To report results of cognitive behavioral therapy in the treatment of sudden hearing loss with comorbid anxiety.Methods Patients with sudden hearing loss(n=353)treated at the First Hospital of Zhengzhou University from June 2012 to June 2014 completed HAMA and SAS evaluation within 24 hours of admission.Those with HAMA score>50 and SAS score>17 received cognitive behavioral therapy(group A)in addition to routine drug treatments also administered to the rest of the patients(group B).The rate of hearing improvement was compared be-tween the two groups using the SPSS17.0 software.analysis on two groups of A and B,comprehensive treatment cura-tive effect comparison,Result For all patterns of hearing loss,the rate of hearing improvement was higher in patients receiving cognitive behavioral therapy than in those who did not(P<0.05).Conclusion In patients with sudden hearing loss and comorbid anxious state,psychological interventions,including education,counseling and relaxation training,is helpful not only to the patient's mental health but also potentially to hearing recovery.
Keywords：congnitive behavioral therapyanxietysuddenhearing lossself-rating anxiety scaleHamilton rating scale for depression
Publication Date：2024-02-28
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 58-60 )