Tinnitus: Ringing in the Ears

Published: 02.08.2012

Therapy method: Getting used to tinnitus

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.

You can find out more about this topic in our article ▸ Ringing in the ears.

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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.

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.

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