Tinnitus: Ringing in the Ears
Published: 02.08.2012
Therapy methods such as tinnitus retraining focus on Habituation. The less attention you pay to the ringing, the less it affects your quality of life.
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If stimuli are repeatedly presented without having any effect, habituation to these stimuli occurs. This weakens the response and, over time, it disappears completely.
Attention
Attention serves as a tool for consciously perceiving internal and external stimuli. We achieve this by focusing our mental resources on a limited number of stimuli or pieces of information. While some stimuli automatically attract our attention, we can select others in a controlled manner. The brain also unconsciously processes stimuli that are not currently the focus of our attention.
Habituation
If stimuli are repeatedly presented without having any effect, habituation to these stimuli occurs. This weakens the response and, over time, it disappears completely.
attention
Attention
Attention serves as a tool for consciously perceiving internal and external stimuli. We achieve this by focusing our mental resources on a limited number of stimuli or pieces of information. While some stimuli automatically attract our attention, we can select others in a controlled manner. The brain also unconsciously processes stimuli that are not currently the focus of our attention.
