Table 9 Personnel and management strategies that people found helpful or unhelpful in their tinnitus journey (n = 608)
From: Tinnitus services in the United Kingdom: a survey of patient experiences
| Â | Helpful | Unhelpful | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
(n) | (%) | (n) | (%) | |
People and departments | ||||
 The healthcare system generally | 5 | 0.82 | 19 | 3.13 |
 General Practitioners | 28 | 4.61 | 102 | 16.78 |
 Hospital based services | 8 | 1.32 | 12 | 1.97 |
 ENT Surgeons and Audiovestibular Physicians | 14 | 2.30 | 30 | 4.93 |
 Audiologists and Hearing Therapists | 36 | 5.92 | 15 | 2.47 |
 Nurses |  |  | 2 | 0.33 |
 Community Audiology services |  |  | 1 | 0.16 |
 High Street Audiology services |  |  | 4 | 0.66 |
 Tinnitus support groups | 10 | 1.64 |  |  |
 Another person with tinnitus | 2 | 0.33 |  |  |
Tinnitus management | ||||
 Hearing aids | 31 | 5.10 | 7 | 1.15 |
 Sound therapy devices | 14 | 2.30 | 3 | 0.99 |
 Psychological treatments | 2 | 0.33 | 4 | 0.66 |
 Medication (hypnotics or antidepressants) | 3 | 0.49 | 1 | 0.16 |
 Having open access to support services | 6 | 0.99 |  |  |
Sources of information | ||||
 Charities | 23 | 3.78 |  |  |
 Internet | 9 | 1.48 | 1 | 0.16 |