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1/2021: Modelli della Mente

Impact and psychophysical implications of tinnitus during the Covid-19 pandemic

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3280/mdm1-2021oa12641
Submitted
settembre 29, 2021
Published
2021-10-08

Abstract

The state of emergency that we have experienced and are still experiencing, together with the restrictions that have radically changed our habits and undermined our security, have strongly impacted our lives. And it has affected people with tinnitus even more deeply, because this condition frequently increases under stressful conditions. For these people the social isolation imposed by pandemic restrictions is a very tough test to face that could exacerbate anxious or depressive experiences.

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