The aim of this study was to highlight the clinical characteristics of tinnitus and to attempt a quantitative assessment in relation to any underlying etiologies. We undertook to study a population of 123 patients attending a tinnitus clinic between 1998 and 2000. Their answers on a questionnaire allowed detailed evaluation of the characteristics of tinnitus, including such variables as the cir...

OBJECTIVE We explored the relationship between audiogram shape and tinnitus pitch to answer questions arising from neurophysiological models of tinnitus: 'Is the dominant tinnitus pitch associated with the edge of hearing loss?' and 'Is such a relationship more robust in people with narrow tinnitus bandwidth or steep sloping hearing loss?' DESIGN A broken-stick fitting objectively quantified ...

BACKGROUND This study investigates the usefulness and effectiveness of a new way of tinnitus screening and diagnosing. The authors believe that in order to arrive at relevant diagnostic information, select the tinnitus treatment and quantitatively substantiate its effects, the measurement of the Tinnitus psychoacoustic parameters should be made an inherent part of the Tinnitus therapy. METHOD...

were fundamentally different from those evoked by a real sound, we proposed that tinnitus originates in the brain. To identify potential drugs to treat tinnitus, we developed rat behavioral models of tinnitus. Like humans, rats exposed to high intensity noise developed tinnitus; in some cases, the tinnitus was transient while in others it was persistent. Humans develop tinnitus after taking hig...

Chronic subjective tinnitus is a prevalent symptom, not a disease in adults. Epidemiologic studies of general populations have estimated tinnitus prevalence at 10-15% of the adult population. Approximately 1-2% are severely affected and 0.5% are unable to lead a normal life [1-3]. Briefly, one in ten adults has clinically significant subjective tinnitus and one in hundred is severely affected. ...

Tinnitus is often associated with hearing loss of a known etiology. In this study, we compared tinnitus that appeared to be induced by noise trauma with that perceived to start in other circumstances in a population of 555 patients attending the specialist tinnitus clinic at the University Hospital in Montpellier, France. Patients had consulted for persistent tinnitus for 7 years from the onset...

BACKGROUND Tinnitus, the perception of sound and noise in absence of an auditory stimulus, has been shown to be associated with maladaptive neuronal reorganization and increased activity of the temporoparietal cortex. Transient modulation of tinnitus by repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) indicated that these areas are critically involved in the pathophysiology of tinnitus and s...

INTRODUCTION The public and private health care in the city of São Paulo has no data on tinnitus prevalence. OBJECTIVE Determine tinnitus prevalence in São Paulo city. STUDY DESIGN Series study. METHODS Cross-sectional study by field questionnaire with 1960 interviews. Predictor variables included gender, age, tinnitus. RESULTS The prevalence of tinnitus was 22%. It affects more women (...

Successful management of patients with chronic tinnitus is an important health issue. One of the tinnitus management strategies used at our Tinnitus Center is a combination of tinnitus retraining therapy (TRT) with physiotherapy and psychological management [called modified TRT (MTRT)]. We have used this type of management for over a decade and have described the protocol in detail elsewhere. I...

In the present study a music therapeutic intervention according to the 'Heidelberg Model' was evaluated as a complementary treatment option for patients with acute tinnitus whom medical treatment only brought minimal or no improvement. The central question was if music therapy in an early phase of tinnitus was able to reduce tinnitus symptoms and to prevent them from becoming chronical. 23 pati...