introduction:although several treatment approaches have been proposed for tinnitus, there are currently no food and drug administration (fda)-approved agents available to treat this condition. in this study, we evaluated the effect of gabapentin on the sensation of subjective tinnitus in patients with acoustic trauma referring to the ear, nose and throat (ent) clinic of taleghani hospital durin...

background acoustic trauma is an injury to the hearing mechanisms in the inner ear due to excessive noise. this injury is the most prevalent cause of sensorineural hearing loss in humans, especially from occupational exposure. previous studies have shown the essential role of free radical formation in the inner ear hearing loss caused by acoustic trauma. objectives this study was performed to d...

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Acoustic trauma is a common reason for hearing loss. Different agents are used to prevent the harmful effect of acoustic trauma on hearing. The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential preventive effect of Nigella sativa (black cumin) oil in acoustic trauma. Our experimental study was conducted with 20 Sprague Downey female rats (mean age, 12 months; mean weight 250 g). All of the proced...

The article shows 2 cases of unusual presentation of acute acoustic trauma and blast injury due to occupational exposure. In the case of both patients the range of impaired frequencies in pure tone audiograms was atypical for this kind of causative factor. Both patients had symmetrical hearing before the accident (which was confirmed by provided results of hearing controls during their employme...

Introduction:Although several treatment approaches have been proposed for tinnitus, there are currently no Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved agents available to treat this condition. In this study, we evaluated the effect of gabapentin on the sensation of subjective tinnitus in patients with acoustic trauma referring to the ear, nose and throat (ENT) clinic of Taleghani Hospital durin...