Tinnitus Treatment Toolbox
Written by a clinical audiologist with over 20 years experience, Tinnitus Treatment Toolbox is a great resource for people with tinnitus (ear noise). The author also has tinnitus, and has used treatment tools to go from severe tinnitus distress to coping well. Many people with tinnitus also have hearing loss or sound sensitivity (hyperacusis).
Tinnitus Treatment Toolbox describes a wide range of traditional and alternative treatment approaches and coping strategies. Information is based on scientific research review as well as the author’s personal and clinical experience.
Genre: Nonfiction, Health, Self-Help
Published: 2010 (225 pages)
2013 Eric Hoffer Award Winner
Available in paperback and ebook at libraries and bookstores including:
Whether people are interested in self-management techniques and devices or formal therapy approaches, Tinnitus Treatment Toolbox covers current treatment options along with examples, guidelines and case studies. There are specific chapters on sleep, hearing protection and hearing loss management. People can use this book to select tools for their own treatment toolbox depending on what speaks most directly to their individual needs.
“Tinnitus Treatment Toolbox shows there is effective treatment available for both long time sufferers and those just learning about the condition.
It’s clear that Mayes was motivated by empathy for those suffering from tinnitus.”
Table of contents
An overview of the content covered in the book.
1
Introduction
2
How We Hear
3
How We Hear Tinnitus
4
Tinnitus Evaluation
5
Treatment Planning
6
Hearing Loss Management
7
Sound Enrichment
8
Mind Enrichment
9
Body Enrichment
10
Sleep Management
11
Hearing Protection Management
12
Caring For Tinnitus
13
Selecting a Care Provider
14
Alternate Approaches
About the author
Jan L. Mayes
Jan L. Mayes is a multi-talented writer and retired audiologist from beautiful British Columbia in the Pacific Northwest of Canada. Her tinnitus started while she was getting her Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech Sciences & Linguistics from the University of British Columbia. This led her to pick Audiology as the major for her Master of Science.
She worked mainly in hospital clinics and later became an occupational audiologist, specializing in hearing health evaluations, counseling, noise risk assessments, hearing protection fitting, and hearing preservation or noise prevention education. In addition, she has a Diploma in Adult Education from the British Columbia Institute of Techology and spent many years working as a provincial workplace health and safety educator.
What readers said
★★★★
Written in plain English. This book will give you tools to cope with debilitating tinnitus. I have extreme T and many of these strategies are what helped me. I recommend this for anyone that have difficulty coping with T.
★★★★★
While the book doesn’t promise instant cures for your case, Mayes writes from a compassionate and understanding view since she suffers from it too. Her findings may help you pin the true cause and treatment for you.
★★★★★
This is a straight forward, practical guide written by a registered audiologist who had severe tinnitus. As someone with tinnitus, I found this book to be the best of all I have encountered in doing research. There is no ‘snake oil’ element to this guide. It does not promise a ‘cure’. What it provides is information and realistic methods to help you to cope. It left me with an optimistic feeling that I can achieve a point where my tinnitus is in the background and that I will eventually have to listen for it to hear it.
FROM THE AUTHOR
Inspiration
I was told “nothing could be done” about my tinnitus. I refused to believe it, so I became my own guinea pig. I tried proven options plus not so proven ideas. Over time, I was able to put together a coping toolbox with tools for intensive care, flare-ups, and everyday use. I wanted to share the message that “something can be done.”
Jan L. Mayes 