he theme of the Twenty-sixth Annual Meeting of the International Tinnitus Forum (ITF) that took place in Chicago, Illinois, on September 20, 2008, was “Translational Research in Tinnitus Therapy IV—Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation.” For the first time, principal investigators from three of the five major centers in several countries were able, in a roundtable format, to present and discuss amo...

Both clinical and neurophysiological data suggest that chronic tinnitus is characterized by focal brain activation. In the study reported here, pulsed magnetic-field therapy induced a highly significant increase of average total power for the delta, theta, and alpha frequency bands, predominantly within the frontal regions of the brain. We conclude that pulsed magnetic-field therapy induces cha...

Acoustic stimulation with hearing aids or noise devices is frequently used in tinnitus therapy. However, such behind-the-ear devices are limited in their high-frequency output with an upper cut-off frequency of approximately 5-6 kHz. Theoretical modeling suggests that acoustic stimulation treatments with these devices might be most effective when the tinnitus pitch is within the stimulated freq...

Objective: To determine the effectiveness of Intratympanic Dexamethasone with Lidocaine in control idiopathic tinnitus.
 Study Design: Randomized trial (Clinical Trials. gov Identifier: NCT04798391).
 Place and Duration Study: ENT Department, PAF Hospital, Sargodha Pakistan, from Apr 2017 to Jul 2019.
 Methodology: 264 consenting patients unilateral tinnitus presenting at Departm...

Objective. The objective of the study was to investigate the effectiveness of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) in treating patients who were suffering from long-term complaints of tinnitus with well-understood etiology and who were not responding to conventional therapy in Qatar. Design. This is a prospective clinical study conducted during the period from May 2010 and February 2011. Setting. Aud...

Hyperbaric Oxygenation permits a controlled increase of the partial oxygen pressure in the blood. This technique can be used in cases of tinnitus and sudden deafness when the development in the inner ear and the brain lead to a lack of oxygen and so to a limited energy provision. The results to date allow the recommendation to apply an oxygen high pressure therapy when standard treatments have ...

The insula cortex (Brodmann's 13-16) has distinct auditory and multisensory areas that have been identified through imaging to be active or hypoactive in cases of severe tinnitus. As such, the insula is a candidate for inclusion in the final common pathway (FCP) for tinnitus. The insula has connection with the prefrontal and auditory cortices, amygdala, thalamus, parabrachial nucleus, orbitofro...

Tinnitus continues to challenge patients from all walks of life and clinicians from a variety of disciplines. The lack of an evidence base to support a specific treatment confounds efforts to provide consistent benefit to patients and in many instances creates in the patient the impression that nothing can be done to improve their situation. Part of the problem is that although patients rarely ...

Chronic tinnitus is characterized by neuroplastic changes of the auditory cortex. A promising method for therapy of chronic tinnitus is vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) combined with auditory stimulation. The principle of VNS is reversal of pathological neuroplastic changes of the auditory cortex toward physiological neural activity and synchronicity. The VNS mechanism of action in chronic tinnitu...

INTRODUCTION Comorbidity of chronic tinnitus and mental disorders may result in more disability. OBJECTIVES This research provides an evaluation about the effects of medically treated comorbid mental disorder on chronic tinnitus. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fifty-five patients diagnosed with chronic tinnitus and mental disorders were randomly requited by producing a before-after design. They unde...