Carlsson S G, Erlandsson S I
Department of Psychology, University of Göteborg, Sweden.
J Psychosom Res. 1991;35(4-5):509-14. doi: 10.1016/0022-3999(91)90045-p.
The study is an experimental test of Hallam's habituation theory of tinnitus; this theory implies that the huge variation in suffering among individuals with about the same amount of tinnitus is due to differences in habituation to the perceived sound. Fourteen patients, seven 'complainers' and seven 'noncomplainers', participated in an experiment where we studied changes in skin conductance and heart rate responses to a series of tinnitus-like sound stimuli. No group differences in habituation were observed. We suggest that facilitatory processes, like disinhibition, may be more important than deficient habituation for the inability, in some individuals, to adapt to their tinnitus.
该研究是对哈勒姆耳鸣习惯化理论的一项实验测试；该理论表明，耳鸣程度大致相同的个体之间痛苦程度的巨大差异是由于对所感知声音的习惯化差异所致。14名患者，7名“抱怨者”和7名“非抱怨者”参与了一项实验，我们在该实验中研究了皮肤电导率和心率对一系列类似耳鸣声音刺激的反应变化。未观察到习惯化方面的组间差异。我们认为，对于一些个体无法适应耳鸣的情况，促进性过程，如去抑制，可能比习惯化不足更为重要。
