Editorial : Imaging Tinnitus
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چکیده
Recent advances in functional imaging (FI) have opened new possibilities for understanding and ultimately treating tinnitus. Previously, tinnitus has been characterized by its perceptual properties (e.g., pitch, loudness, masking patterns) and its psychological properties (e.g., degree of distress), as well as its relationship to clinical findings such as abnormalities of the audiogram, the cerebellopontine angle, or the soft tissues of the head or neck. In contrast, FI provides an entirely new view of tinnitus by revealing the workings of the brain directly in tinnitus patients. The application of FI to tinnitus is still in its infancy. However, FI is already providing new insights into the neurophysiology of tinnitus, and there are many foreseeable ways for it to eventually impact on patient care.
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