However, a 31-day, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial (n=120) of non-depressed patients with severe tinnitus treated with paroxetine (Paxil) showed no differences on anxiety or depression measures, the THQ, or tinnitus loudness.19 The only significant finding in that 2005 study was a post-hoc question posed by the audiologist in which subjects acknowledged a significant decrease in