Introduction. Although tinnitus often has a significant impact on individual's life, there are still few reports relating to tinnitus in children. In our tinnitus clinic, children with distressing tinnitus constitute about 0,5% of all our patients. Objectives. The aim of this study was to analyse children with troublesome tinnitus as regards epidemiology, audiological profile, and preliminary e...

Tinnitus-the perception of sound in the absence of an actual external sound-represents a symptom of an underlying condition rather than a single disease. Several theories have been proposed to explain the mechanisms underlying tinnitus. Tinnitus generators are theoretically located in the auditory pathway, and such generators and various mechanisms occurring in the peripheral auditory system ha...

We would like to thank Dr. Gerta Rücker and Prof. Gerd Antes for their interest in our article “Counteracting tinnitus by acoustic coordinated reset neuromodulation” and for their suggestions especially as the Cochrane collaboration has a long-standing track record for reviewing tinnitus therapies. Specifically, they found very limited evidence for efficacy of commonly used tinnitus therapies (...

A " Tinnitus masking and [Tinnitus Retraining Therapy] TRT are two frequently used methods for clinical management of tinnitus. Both of these methods have a long history of development, application, and refinement, as well as a track record of clinical success. " Henry et al. (2002, p.560). The " VA is committed to implementing nationally developed, evidence-based practice guidelines to improve...

We conducted this study in an attempt to determine whether the electroencephalographic activity in patients suffering from tinnitus exhibits tinnitus-typical electroencephalography features. Our results indicated a significant increase in the average total power in female tinnitus patients and a significant decrease in average total power in male tinnitus patients. Furthermore, we noted a suppr...

Tinnitus is an auditory disorder very difficult to treat. Whereas up until now there not a “cure” for tinnitus, the most extended treatment combines counselling with sound therapy. When this broadband noise in audio frequency band, protocol named tinnitus retraining Even though was proposed at beginning as stimulus therapy, many other sounds have been subsequently and used, including tones, ban...

Background: Since the first description of tinnitus retraining therapy (TRT), clinicians have modified and customised the method of TRT in order to suit their practice and their patients. A simplified form of TRT is used at Ealing Primary Care Trust Audiology Department. Simplified TRT is different from TRT in the type and (shorter) duration of the counseling but is similar to TRT in the applic...