Essay Assignment (3000 words):
Part one: Summarise the aetiology of subjective tinnitus and describe the, potential, modulating factors of perception.
Part two: Describe three therapeutic options you would, potentially, utilise in order to help the patient. Also please explore how these interventions may help reduce the emotional impact of a patients tinnitus and how you would measure their progress outcome. Please explain how a patient’s clinical profile would influence which of these therapeutic options you would employ (i.e. severity, duration of onset, hearing loss, sound sensitivity etc.).