Abstract Background: Preliminary studies showed possible therapeutic efficacy of multisession transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) over auditory cortex (AC) for chronic tinnitus; however, the findings are controversial. Objective: To investigate effects repeated sessions bilateral tDCS AC on tinnitus symptoms in intractable tinnitus. Methods: A double blinded randomized placebo contro...

BACKGROUND The use of acoustic signals to mask, mix with, or ease the distress associated with tinnitus has been clinically employed for decades. It has been proposed that expanding acoustic options for tinnitus sufferers due to personal preferences is desirable. Fractal tones incorporate many useful characteristics of music while avoiding certain features that could be distracting to some indi...

Tinnitus, the perception of sound in absence an obvious external source, is even more frequent, affecting around ten percent adults United States. Tinnitus defined as sense source. typically accompanied by hearing loss, but this not always case. It conceivable for it to occur either itself or conjunction with a loss any type. and are both caused wide variety conditions, most frequent which age-...

Cochlear-Implantation (CI) primarily aims at improvement of speech perception and thereby quality life for hearing impaired patients. In many cases loss is accompanied by tinnitus, which might further increase the perceived handicap. This retrospective study evaluates impact tinnitus on adult cochlear-implant recipients.

UNLABELLED Tinnitus is characterized by the perception of sound in the absence of an external auditory stimulus. The network connectivity of auditory and non-auditory brain structures associated with emotion, memory and attention are functionally altered in debilitating tinnitus. Current studies suggest that tinnitus results from neuroplastic changes in the frontal and limbic temporal regions. ...

UNLABELLED Hearing loss and tinnitus impact the lives of workers in every instance of their lives. AIM This paper aims to investigate the existence of a dose-response relationship between hearing loss and tinnitus by determining whether higher levels of hearing loss can be associated with increased tinnitus-related discomfort. MATERIALS AND METHOD This cross-sectional case study assessed 28...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the audiologic and clinical characteristics of the tinnitus in single-sided deafness (SSD) patients and to determine whether tinnitus retraining therapy (TRT) is beneficial to those patients who suffer from tinnitus with SSD. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty-six tinnitus patients with unilateral sensorineural profound hearing loss were included ...

UNLABELLED The association between tinnitus and hyperacusis is common according to the literature. AIM To verify the occurrence and the suppression effect of transient otoacoustic emissions (TEOAE), the existence of association between tinnitus degrees and hyperacusis degrees, and between the suppressive effect of TEOAE and laterality, tinnitus and hyperacusis degrees in normal hearing adults...

Background and Objectives Tinnitus retraining therapy (TRT) is one of the most effective treatment methods for tinnitus. This study aimed to evaluate response TRT in tinnitus patients with hearing loss analyze an additive effect aid.Subjects Method In this retrospective observational case-control study, we reviewed medical records 80 who were diagnosed sensorineural mild moderate managed by TRT...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES To assess the efficacy of cochlear implantation in patients with unilateral sudden sensorineural hearing loss and associated disabling tinnitus. METHODS Ten patients suffering from severe-to-profound sudden hearing loss and tinnitus in the affected ear received implants. The sample was comprised of 4 men and 6 women, with a mean age of 42.7 years (range 34-62) at i...