Annotation: Master thesis "Psychosocial effects of tinnitus" is based on a general approach to this phenomenon as a disease of civilization. The symptom that tinnitus represents is underestimated in Czech Republic as well as treatment possibilities and the impact of tinnitus itself on person's life and his/hers surroundings. It can have devastating consequences. Coping with tinnitus can be very difficult if not impossible and in the end it can lead to suicidal attempt. Similar negative effects as on affected person can tinnitus have on his/hers closest surroundings which could not understand him/her.