Fig. 2
From: An economic evaluation of the healthcare cost of tinnitus management in the UK
Follow-on treatment pathways. Following on from ENT/Audiology examination and review tinnitus patients progress to successive levels of onward referral, treatment, and ending with successful habituation (health benefit) or discharge to self-manage (no health benefit). CBTÂ =Â cognitive behaviour therapy; ENTÂ =Â ear nose and throat surgeon; MTRTÂ =Â modified tinnitus retraining therapy. For those considered candidates for hearing aids the treatment options corresponding to MTRT and CBT are education and reassurance, hearing aids and maintenance, CBT plus hearing aids and maintenance, and MTRT plus hearing aids and maintenance