Tinnitus Recovery Score - Part 1

Will the Healthy Brain Lifestyle for Tinnitus Help Me?

(Don't forget to continue to Part 2, to find out if the Muscle Care and the Auditory discriminiation (ADT-s) will also help you.)

Determine how nourishing your brain environment is for the best tinnitus results.

What does this have to do with tinnitus recovery?: The Healthy Brain Lifestyle program (HBLp) lays the foundation, prepares the "soil", for maximum improvement in the phases that follow. Most people begin to improve during, and everyone benefits from, the Healthy Brain Lifestyle program.  Almost all people continue to improve in Phases 2 and 3, the TPT-t and ADT-s.  Our research has shown 10% more improvement in Phases 2 and 3 for those who have laid the groundwork with other solutions BEFORE they continue to Phases 2 and 3.

For the following questions, do you:

Your Quality Food score is: {scoreFood} out of 12, which is {Food}.  Of course, no single guideline fits everyone.  Also, contrary to many functional medicine nutritionists, the socring, based on the M.I.N.D. diet research, some sweets are allowed, Dairy is not, and grains are encouraged.  

We have chosen the M.I.N.D. diet as a score guideline, because of its ability to nourish the brain, a key to improving tinnitus. "In recent studies, the MIND diet showed that it helped lower the risk of Alzheimer's by as much as 53 percent in participants who adhered to the diet rigorously, and by about 35 percent in those who followed it moderately well." (Learn more about the research.)

Solution:

• People with scores 9 or below benefit most from the "Return to Quality Food" program.  We will provide this to you.

Smoking has been strongly associated with tinnitus in young adults. (Learn more about the research.)

Solution:

• Stop smoking.

Solutions:

• If you scored 6 or higher, you will likely benefit from a combination of the "Sleep is Good, Good Sleep is Better" program combined with the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), especially the "Thought Challenger," and Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Tinnitus (PMR-t). We will provide these to you.

We Understand that you may be experiencing problems that many tinnitus sufferers experience:

Summary of Common Problems Associated with Tinnitus

• Distressing Emotional Problems ( depression, tension, irritability, anger, annoyance, and frustration)
• Sleep Difficulties ( problems in falling asleep and remaining asleep)
• Effects on Hearing and Communication (difficult to follow conversations, problems in quiet or noisy places)
• Intrusiveness on Daily Activities and Lifestyle (difficulty Concentrating on mental tasks, negative Changes in relationships with spouse, partner, family members, and friends, and reduced participation and pleasure in work, social, and recreational activities)

Solutions:

• If  yes, you may benefit from the “Progressive Muscle Relaxation” activity.  We will provide this to you.

Solutions:

• Your Negative Thoughts score is: {negativeThoughts} out of 52, which is {negativeThoughts194}.  Higher scores are generally worse.
• Those who score 35% or greateraer very likely to benefit from the “Thought Challenger” activity to show how you can manage negative thoughts and change the way that you think in response to your tinnitus and "Attention Control" which helps train your brain to put the tinnitus sound in the background, out of focus.  We will provide this to you.
• If you have thoughts of suicide, it is VERY important that you get additional support.  Help is available on a hotline. (Call 1-800-273-8255).

Your Activities Affected score is: {scoreActivities} out of 28, which is {Activities}. Higher scores are generally worse. Of course, some avoidance is smart and healthy.

Solution:

• People with scores 16 or above, meaning you tend to avoid activities often due to tinnitus, benefit most from the "CBT: Engage the Pleasant & Positive” activity.  We will provide this to you.

Physical Fitness Assessment

With this tool, you will find out how well you are nourishing your brain, as it
relates to your Physical Health. Physical Fitness health has been shown
through research to contribute to brain health and whole-body health in many
ways.

Directions to find your RHR

The 2 easiest locations to take your heart rate (pulse) are the Carotid (neck) and
radial (wrist). You may choose either one.

1. Neck: Place the tips of the index and second fingers of one hand on the side of the neck just beside the windpipe.
2. Wrist: Place the tips of the index and second fingers of one hand on the inside wrist of the other hand.

It is called the "resting" heart rate for a reason. Emotional stress, physical activity, caffeine, or other stresses can, and usually will, increase your heart rate. The closer you follow the directions below, the more accurate the results will be.

1. Take your pluse after lying to rest for 10 minutes or before rising in the morninig. (I know, 10 minutes is a long time to lay there. You'll get pretty close after 5 minutes.)
2. Count the beats of your pulse for 60 seconds.
3. The number of beats during the 60 seconds is your RHR (resting heart rate). Enter that number above.

Your estimated VO2max is:  {vo2maxEstimate}

Your estimated MET level of cardiorespiratory fitness is:  {metEstimate}

What does a MET (metabolic equivalent) mean for your health? 

Part of this is lifestyle and part is genetics.  There is an association with METs, brain health, and cardiovascular health. 

Your goal is to be at 13 or higher METs.

Your estimated MET level of cardiorespiratory fitness is: {metEstimate}

1 MET = Resting metabolic rate; sitting quietly in a chair

Less than 3 METs = Severely limited functional capacity; a criteria for placement on a heart transplant list

3-5 METs = Poor prognosis in coronary patients; highly deconditioned individual

10 METs = Good prognosis in coronary patients on medical therapy; approximate maximal capacity expected in regularly active middle-aged men and women

13 METs = Excellent prognosis regardless of disease status

18 METs = Elite endurance athletes

20 METs = World-class athletes

On the next page, we will summarize your findings and recommendations.  This will also be sent to you as an email.

To complete your Tinnitus Recovery score Part 2,

 - right now: select the SUBMIT button below

 - or Later: use the link in your email.

RECOMMENDATIONS

• {Recommendation}

SUMMARY

• Quality Food:  {scoreFood} out of 12, which is {Food} -- 9 or below benefit most from the "Return to Quality Food" program
• Willing to work to Change your Eating?: {willingtochangeeating} If you are willing to change, there is always hope, because we have great solutions.
• Sleep: {psqiTotal}, which means {psqiInterpretation}. If you scored 6 or higher, you will likely benefit from a combination of the "Sleep is Good, Good Sleep is Better" program combined with the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), especially the "Thought Challenger," and Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Tinnitus (PMR-t).
• Mind Affecting body: When asked if your tinnitus makes you Tense or Uptight, you said {doesYour}.  If yes, you may benefit from the “Progressive Muscle Relaxation” activity.
• Mind being Negatively Affected: Your Negative Thoughts score is: {negativeThoughts} out of 52, which is {negativeThoughts194}.  Those who score 35% or greater are very likely to benefit from the “Thought Challenger” activity.
• Willing to work to Change your Mindset?: {willingtochangemind} If you are willing to change, there is always hope, because we have proven CBT techniques to offer.
• Interfering with Activities:  {scoreActivities} out of 28, which is {Activities}.  Scores 16/28 (57%) or above, meaning you tend to avoid activities often due to tinnitus, benefit most from the "CBT: Engage the Pleasant & Positive” activity.
• Physical Fitness Assessment: {metEstimate}.  Any score below 13 will likely benefit from the eating and exercise recommendations in the "Return to Quality Food" program.

 Your Question or Comment: {questionscommentsIf}

What to do next: 

• Print out these instructions: How to Use your Healthy Brain Score
• Complete your Recovery Score part 2.

 

 This questionnaire is one of the 2 primary questionnaires to know how your tinnitus can be helped. When you select SUBMIT, you should be redirected immediately to the other one and receive an email with these results and a copy of the link to the next one to use later, if you don't have time now. Your Recovery score part 2 will help us know the Irritation, Interference, and Characteristics of your tinnitus and how much phases 2 and 3 may help.

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The details of your scores are below.

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Quality Food

Your Quality Food score is: {scoreFood} out of 12, which is {Food}.  Of course, no single guideline fits everyone.  Also, contrary to many functional medicine nutritionists, in the socring, based on the M.I.N.D. diet research, some sweets are allowed, Dairy is not, and grains are encouraged.  

We have chosen the M.I.N.D. diet as a score guideline, because of its ability to nourish the brain, a key to improving tinnitus. "In recent studies, the MIND diet showed that it helped lower the risk of Alzheimer's by as much as 53 percent in participants who adhered to the diet rigorously, and by about 35 percent in those who followed it moderately well." (Learn more about the research.)

Solution:

• People with scores 9 or below benefit most from the "Return to Quality Food" program.  We will provide this to you in the HBL-t program or Tinnitus Synergy program.

Willing to work to Change your Eating?: {willingtochangeeating} If you are willing to change, there is always hope, because we have great solutions.

Sleep

Your Sleep Index total: {psqiTotal} and Interpretation: {psqiInterpretation}

Solutions:

• If you scored 6 or higher, you will likely benefit from a combination of the "Sleep is Good, Good Sleep is Better" program combined with the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), especially the "Thought Challenger," and Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Tinnitus (PMR-t). We will provide these to you in the HBL-t program or Tinnitus Synergy program.

Tinnnitus Effects on your Activities

Your Effects on Activities score is: {scoreActivities} out of 28.

Details:

• {toWhat118}

Solution:

• People with scores 16 or above benefit most from the "CBT: Engage the Pleasant & Positive” activity.  We will provide this to you in the HBL-t program or Tinnitus Synergy program.

Mind Affecting body

Does your Tinnitus make you Tense or Uptight?:  {doesYour}

• If  yes, you may benefit from the “Progressive Muscle Relaxation” activity.  We will provide this to you in the HBL-t program or Tinnitus Synergy program.

Mind being Negatively Affected

Your Negative Thoughts score is: {negativeThoughts} out of 52, which is {negativeThoughts194}.

Negative thoughts: {theseAre89}

Stress Severity: {pleaseRate112}

Depression Severity: {pleaseRate}

Willing to work to change your mind?: {willingtochangemind}

Solutions:

• If your responses reveal that you tend to think a large number of negative thoughts AND you are willing to work to change those thoughts, we recommend that you begin the "Thought Challenger" activity to show how you can manage negative thoughts and change the way that you think in response to your tinnitus.  We will provide this to you in the HBL-t program or Tinnitus Synergy program.
• Those who with a Negative Thoughts score 35% or greateraer very likely to benefit from the “Thought Challenger” activity to show how you can manage negative thoughts and change the way that you think in response to your tinnitus. We will provide this to you.
• If you have thoughts of suicide, it is VERY important that you get additional support.  Help is available on a hotline. (Call 1-800-273-8255).

Interfering with Activities?

Your Activities Affected score is: {scoreActivities} out of 28, which is {Activities}.  Of course, some avoidance is smart and healthy.

• People with scores 16/28 (57%) or above, meaning you tend to avoid activities often due to tinnitus, benefit most from the "CBT: Engage the Pleasant & Positive” activity.  We will provide this to you in the HBL-t program or Tinnitus Synergy program.

Physical Fitness Assessment

Your estimated MET level of cardiorespiratory fitness is:  {metEstimate} - (aiming for 13 or more)

What does a MET (metabolic equivalent) mean for your health? 

Part of this is lifestyle and part is genetics.  There is an association with METs, brain health, and cardiovascular health. 

Your goal is to be at 13 or higher METs.

Your estimated MET level of cardiorespiratory fitness is: {metEstimate}

• Less than 3 METs = Severely limited functional capacity; a criteria for placement on a heart transplant list
• 3-5 METs = Poor prognosis in coronary patients; highly deconditioned individual
• 10 METs = Good prognosis in coronary patients on medical therapy; approximate maximal capacity expected in regularly active middle-aged men and women
• 13 METs = Excellent prognosis regardless of disease status
• 18 METs = Elite endurance athletes