| Patient Survey |


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| Results of patient survey conducted on more than 3000 patients over 13 years |
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(Private Practice Dr. Wilden, Kurallee 16, 94072 Bad Füssing, Tel.: 08531/980198, Fax: 08531/980119, E-Mail info@dr-wilden.de, Internet www.dr-wilden.de)
| Every patient was questioned as follows: |
Once you developed symptoms of an inner ear disease (pressure in the ear, distortion of hearing, hearing over-sensitivity, dizziness or tinnitus) did doctors or others treating you recommend that you wear ear plugs in the affected organ over a longer period, so as to protect yourself actively against volumes in daily life?
| The answer was: |
Yes |
1.5% of those questioned (45 Patients) |

| The answer was: |
No |
98,5% of those questioned (2955 Patients) |
When developing symptoms of an inner ear disease (pressure in the ear, distortion of hearing, hearing over-sensitivity, dizziness or tinnitus) did you, out of your own initiative, wear ear plugs in the affected organ(s) over a longer period, so as to protect yourself actively against volumes in daily life?
| The answer was: |
Ja |
Yes 2% of those questioned (60 Patients) |

| The answer was: |
No |
98% of those questioned (2940 Patients) |
The patients who answered ³yes² were asked as follows:
Did active protection against volumes (wearing ear plugs in daily life) bring a long term benefit for your ears?
| The answer was: |
Yes |
100% of those questioned (105 Patients) |

| The answer was: |
No |
0% of those questioned |
Do you believe that hearing is a biological, energy consuming process for the body?
| The answer was: |
Yes |
4% of those questioned (120 Patients) |

| The answer was: |
No |
51% of those questioned (1530 Patients) |

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Do not know |
45% of those questioned (1350 Patients) |
Did your doctors and/or other therapists inform you that hearing is a biological, energy consuming process for the body?
| The answer was: |
Yes |
0.5% of those questioned (15 Patients) |

| The answer was: |
No, it was never mentioned |
99.5% of those questioned (2985 Patients) |
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