OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To determine the effect of cochlear implantation on quality of life, speech performance, tinnitus, perceived stress, and coping strategy in patients aged≥70 years in comparison with younger patients. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective study. METHODS A total of 55 postlingually deafened adults who were unilaterally implanted with a multichannel cochlear implant for at least 6 m...

This special issue consists of eight articles from leading auditory and vestibular researchers based in U.S. Department Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers across the country. The VA is one nation's leaders health research, conducting thousands research studies a given year.[1] Office Research & Development support health-related priorities as set out Secretary's strategic plan.[2] In this pl...

Introduction: Tinnitus is one of the complex symptoms of hearing described as a phantom auditory sensation without any external stimulation. Due to the subjective nature of tinnitus, perception and discomfort of tinnitus vary among the patients. The main aim of this study is to investigate the effects of gender, age and the degree of hearing loss on discomfort due to tinnitus.  Methods: E...

This is a report of a female patient in her midthirties who sustained a hemorrhage secondary to an arteriovenous malformation in the region of the pons. The patient's initial symptoms included hearing loss and tinnitus, which were followed by the more characteristic symptoms of headache and loss of consciousness. Results of audiological testing at three months postaccident documented the presen...

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a safe method to modulate cortical excitability. Anodal stimulation can improve the stimulated area's functions whereas cathodal stimulation reduces them. Currently, a lot of clinical trials have been conducted to study the effect of tDCS on post-stroke motor and language deficits, in depression, chronic pain, memory impairment and tinnitus in o...

background: the possible role of cochlear function in tinnitus generation is still a matter of debate. to assess the role of outer hair cell dysfunction in tinnitus and its possible relationship with ultra-high frequency (uhf) hearing sensitivity, transient evoked otoacoustic emissions (teoae) and uhf hearing thresholds were investigated in normal hearing individuals with and without tinnitus. ...

Background: There is challenge to find an effective treatment for tinnitus. Few studies were done on the effects of acupuncture on tinnitus. This study evaluated the effect of acupuncture on chronic non-pulsatile tinnitus. Methods: This randomized double-blind clinical trial was conducted from December 2014 to September 2015. Patients suffering from chronic non-pulsatile tinnitus were randomly...

a wide range of population, 4% to 30%, suffers from tinnitus that is defined as perception of sound without apparent acoustic stimulus. we conducted the present study to determine the prevalence of tinnitus in iranian population; tehran province. this cross-sectional study was conducted from january 2009 to december 2009, recruiting 3207 individuals (age range, 7-98) who were residing in tehran...

INTRODUCTION The Neuromonics Tinnitus Treatment is based on individually customized acoustic stimulation and structured counseling. OBJECTIVES To assess the long-term clinical outcomes of the Neuromonics Tinnitus Treatment, specifically, to determine whether benefits achieved at the conclusion of the prescribed treatment program were retained over the longer term. MATERIALS AND METHODS This...