The presence of subjective tinnitus is an important aspect in the evaluation of hearing loss induced by noise. Tinnitus due to this condition is characterised by a frequency of 3,000 Hz or above and is closely related to the frequency range of maximal hearing loss. Tinnitus below 1,000 Hz is not induced by noise, and indicates the presence of a different cause for the hearing loss. This type of...

Tinnitus can be defined as a Sound Sensation perceived in the ears or head that is not related to an external source of stimuli. The term tinnitus derives from the Latin word tinnier, Meaning to Ring. Tinnitus is classified in many cases into 2 categories. Tinnitus is either objective (Audible to anyone in addition to the affected individual) or subjective (Audible only to the affected individu...

Chronic tinnitus is a symptom with high prevalence. There is evidence that the tinnitus perception is related to unfavorable cortical plastic changes. In our recent study we have developed and evaluated a customized music training strategy that appears capable of both reducing cortical tinnitus related neuronal activity and alleviating subjective tinnitus perception. We hypothesize that the reg...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the audiologic and clinical characteristics of the tinnitus in single-sided deafness (SSD) patients and to determine whether tinnitus retraining therapy (TRT) is beneficial to those patients who suffer from tinnitus with SSD. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty-six tinnitus patients with unilateral sensorineural profound hearing loss were included ...

Ultra-high-frequency (UHF) external acoustic stimulation with the UltraQuiet device (UQ) has been reported to provide significant relief of severe disabling-type tinnitus. The nuclear medicine imaging technique of positron emission tomography (PET) was selected as a monitoring system to compare objectively metabolic alterations in brain function before and after UHF/UQ and to correlate the PET ...

Tinnitus is defined as the perception of abnormal noise by the patient in the absence of an external acoustic source. It may be described as a ringing, whistling, buzzing, roaring, or clicking sound, although any type of sound may be reported. Tinnitus may be unilateral or bilateral, and can be described as occurring within the head or as a distant sound 1. It may occur constantly or intermitte...

We present a tinnitus-targeted therapy (TTT), a combined treatment of medication and instrumentation focusing on pharmacotherapy. It embodies ongoing clinical experience (since 1977) in an excess of 8,500 patients with subjective idiopathic tinnitus of the severe disabling type (SIT). All have visited the Tinnitus Clinic of the Downstate Medical Center at the State University of New York (DMC/S...

OBJECTIVES We sought to determine the prevalence of insomnia and its impact on the quality of life (QoL) among community elderly subjects (at least 65 years of age) with subjective tinnitus. METHODS After household selection with multistage stratified area probability sampling, face-to-face interviews were used to obtain self-reports of subjective tinnitus and insomnia, and QoL was assessed w...

BACKGROUND Subjective tinnitus is a frequent, impairing condition, which may also cause neurotransmitter imbalance at the cochlea. Psychopharmacologic agents, although not being the first-line treatment for tinnitus, may modulate cochlear neurotransmission, thereby influencing the subjective tinnitus experience. METHOD A comprehensive review of MEDLINE literature (from January 1990-January 20...

Objective: The aim of this study was to find out the prevalence of hypozincemia in patients suffering from Tinnitus and to investigate the effect of Zinc therapy upon the severity of Tinnitus. Material and Methods: We studied 66 who suffered from tinnitus, which were randomized to two groups according to the zinc level including < 50μg/dl and > 50μg /dl groups. The zinc level was measured in n...