OBJECTIVE Evaluate the role of venous sinus stenting in the treatment of pulsatile tinnitus among patients with Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH) and significant venous sinus stenosis. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A written informed consent approved by the Weill Cornell institutional review board was signed and obtained from the study participants. Thirty-seven consecutive patients with IIH ...

Tinnitus rarely can be cured. The patient, however, needs help in order to avoid countless ineffective treatments and considerable costs. The paper deals with the management of decompensated tinnitus. It outlines the problems and possible means for guidance of the patient toward acceptance of the handicap.

Objectives: Acoustic stimulation or sound therapy is proposed as a main treatment option for chronic subjective tinnitus. To further probe the field of acoustic stimulations for tinnitus therapy, this exploratory study compared 10 Hz amplitude modulated (AM) sounds (two pure tones, noise, music, and frequency modulated (FM) sounds) and unmodulated sounds (pure tone, noise) regarding their tempo...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to evaluate the therapeutic effect of three different types of sounds on tinnitus patients undergoing tinnitus retraining therapy (TRT). METHODS This is a single-institution retrospective study, performed in one tertiary otological referral center. Thirty-eight adults with subjective idiopathic tinnitus who were followed for at least 9 weeks were enrol...

OBJECTIVES To investigate factors influencing the effectiveness of intensive sound masking therapy on tinnitus using logistic regression analysis. DESIGN The study used a retrospective cross-section analysis. PARTICIPANTS 102 patients with tinnitus were recruited at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, China. INTERVENTION Intensive sound masking therapy was used as...

RESUMO Objetivo analisar o impacto do distanciamento social devido à pandemia de COVID-19, sob a percepção e incômodo com zumbido crônico relação dos achados ansiedade depressão. Métodos amostra foi composta por conveniência, incluindo sujeitos idades 21 78 anos. A avaliação realizada em dois períodos: pré-distanciamento (final 2019) durante (2020). segunda forma online, via Google Forms, consi...

which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Correspondence To the editor: We read the article by Kim et al. [1] with great interest. Since tinnitus is common among otological patients and serious if untreated , the comparative study on different sounds in relieving tinnitus is relevant. The informatio...

OBJECTIVE The objectives of this study were to evaluate the performance and safety of an innovative passive light photon driven microscopic biomodulator patch as an alternative medical device for tinnitus relief. MATERIALS AND METHODS Eighty-two (82) patients were randomized to receive either an active (biomodulator) patch or a placebo patch, for a 3-week treatment period. Patch performance (...