Pure tone audiometry is the standard behavioral assessment of an individual’s hearing. The results of pure tone audiometry are recorded on a chart or form called an audiogram. In most cases a pure tone audiogram is easy to obtain and provides information about peripheral hearing acuity across the frequencies used in speech. It allows for a quick view of how well, or how poorly, an individual ca...

Chronic tinnitus is often accompanied by a hearing impairment, but it is still unknown whether hearing loss can actually cause tinnitus. The association between the pitch of the tinnitus sensation and the audiogram edge in patients with high-frequency hearing loss suggests a functional relation, but a large fraction of patients with hearing loss does not present symptoms of tinnitus. We therefo...

Tinnitus is the chronic perception of ringing or other phantom sounds. Some tinnitus patients additionally suffer from loudness hyperacusis that is the over-sensitivity to environmental sounds. Here, we recruited eight patients with unilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, among which four also have loudness hyperacusis. For every patient, the audiogram was acquired by measuring the audible thresh...

After participation in a research study involving 7 Tesla-MRI scan, long-term deaf patient reported sudden improvement his hearing abilities. This was first validated by aid specialist who checked and adjusted the patient’s after an audiometry. Afterwards appeared University Clinic of Otolaryngology, Head Neck Surgery for further testing. Here we diagnosed bilateral based on pure tone audiogram...