Programa online de gerenciamento do zumbido online tinnitus management program

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Individuals with tinnitus may be affected in important individual aspects such as social and cognitive well-beijng. Therefore, such factors can be aggravated by the COVID-19 Pandemic therefore, it was necessary to search for digital resources that would allow the treatment of these patients. OBJECTIVE: To develop an online tinnitus management program (POGZUM). METHOD: The methodological approach used will be Design Thinking (DT). Such a tool is used for innovation and is motivated by problem solving. RESULTS: The Tinnitus Management Online Program was developed, with the main target audience being patients complaining of tinnitus who have had the symptom for at least 6 (six) months, aged at least 18 years. Being idealized to be carried out in the period of 8 weeks with 1 (one) weekly meeting. CONCLUSION: Based on this work, it was possible to contribute to the techniques used in audiology and teleaudiology, as well as to support new approaches for the treatment and self-management of tinnitus.