For understanding the heterogeneity of tinnitus, large samples are required. However, investigations on how samples recruited by different methods differ from each other are lacking. In the present study, three large samples each recruited by different means were compared: N = 5017 individuals registered at a self-help web platform for tinnitus (crowdsourcing platform Tinnitus Talk), N = 867 us...

Epidemiological data suggest that tinnitus is something more and something different from an auditory symptom. In fact, subjective tinnitus is reported to be present in 10-15% ( Axelson et. al 1995) persons in general population but it represents a medical problem, that interferes with general and emotional health state, only about 2%. Furthermore, factors associated with tinnitus such as heari...

The AAO-HNSF, Martha Entenmann Tinnitus Research Center, Inc., (METRC), Abraham Shulman, M.D., and Barbara Goldstein, PhD, International Tinnitus MiniSeminar, the first named Mini-Seminar of the AAO-HNSF, presented in this second year of a five-year endowed series of Mini-Seminars for tinnitus a panel of national and international experts to present recent advances in the treatment of implantab...

BACKGROUND: Tinnitus is common; however, few risk factors for tinnitus are known. METHODS: We examined cross-sectional relations between several potential risk factors and self-reported tinnitus in 14,178 participants in the 1999-2004 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, a nationally representative database. We calculated the prevalence of any and frequent (at least daily) tinnitu...

Tinnitus has been suggested to arise from neuronal hyperactivity in auditory areas of the brain, and anti-epileptic drugs are sometimes used to provide relief from tinnitus. Recently, the anti-epileptic properties of the cannabinoid drugs have gained increasing interest; however, the use of cannabinoids as a form of treatment for tinnitus is controversial. In this study, we tested whether a com...

ABSTRACT Increased spontaneous activity and aberrant neural synchrony is thought to be the underlying cause of tinnitus. The perceived pitch of tinnitus may be dictated by frequency specific neural fibers of the subcortical pathway, or the projection of altered cortical activity by-way-of tonotopic reorganizations. Subcortical neural activity in relation to tinnitus was characterized using ABR ...

0 ne of the more baffling aspects of tinnitus has always been the lack of a clear relation between the patient's apparent distress and such perceived measures of tinnitus character and strength as pitch and loudness. Patients whose tinnitus pitch and loudness judgments are similar often differ widely in the extent to which the tinnitus bothers them in daily living . In this issue of JAAA, autho...

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.

In general, pediatric tinnitus and head trauma, induce tinnitus in children, in particular, which are a neglected problem in Ear, Nose, and Throat and pediatric medicine. A case report and the pertinent literature demonstrating this issue are presented. It is recommended to perform controlled studies regarding pediatric tinnitus in order to identify, and treat it, so as to minimize its damage. ...

Tinnitus is a symptom that affects a great number of patients. Its diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up are difficult, owing to its subjectivity. The authors propose the use of distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs) in tinnitus evaluation. They studied three groups: controls, having no complaint of tinnitus and normal hearing; group 1, presenting tinnitus and normal audiometry; and gr...