International Tinnitus Journal

INTRODUCTION: Prevalence of tinnitus range from 7.1% to 14.6% (National Center for Health Statistics, 2016), but the mechanisms responsible for the development of this abnormal sensory state remain poorly understood. OBJECTIVES: To determine the evidence for different etiologies and pathophysiology of tinnitus identified by clinical diagnostic tests in the adult population. STUDY DESIGN: Systematic literature review. METHODS: Review of data base using PRISMA guidelines: Google Scholar, Medline, Springer Link, Pubmed...

Tinnitus is one of the otologic symptoms seen in persons with ear pathologies. It is defined as an acoustic sensation in the ear without a corresponding external acoustic stimulus. Tinnitus is said to be generated from the higher auditory centres because of reduced feedback from the peripheral or neural component but can be an outcome of irritation at different levels of the auditory system. Several treatment modalities have been tried in the management of tinnitus, either as a single treatment or as part of combination therapy...

INTRODUCTION: High tinnitus loudness can be provoked by peripheral disorders of the somatosensory and/or auditory system. OBJECTIVES: The object of our study was to compare high tinnitus loudness patients with low tinnitus loudness patients and to find specific factors associated with high tinnitus loudness. DESIGN: A retrospective cohort analysis of 234 patients with tinnitus as main complaint who visited our clinic in a four-year period...

INTRODUCTION: In the last decades have been increasing cases of inner ear disorders and among them is included hearing loss, tinnitus, and vertigo, on that way the demand for new treatments is growing, with low-level laser therapy (LLLT) being a highly targeted treatment due to its non-invasive nature. OBJECTIVES: The present study aims to investigate the studies of low level laser (LLL) and audiology in recent years. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The quantitative bibliometric study was performed by searching scientific articles in the Web of Science - Clarivate Analytics database...

This study aims to test whether the efficacy of repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) differs between patients who developed tinnitus following a traumatic brain injury (TBI), and those without a history of TBI. This was a parallel pilot, open-label, non-randomized, clinical trial to compare the efficacy of low frequency rTMS on tinnitus symptoms in patients with and without a TBI history. Patients with moderate to severe tinnitus symptoms based on the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI) and the Tinnitus Functional Index (TFI) were enrolled in the study...

OBJECTIVES: The object of the study was to compare the perception of tinnitus with the perception of pain and to find specific factors that could influence the perception of both pain and tinnitus. DESIGN: A retrospective analysis of 124 patients with tinnitus as main complaint and 300 patients with cervical pain as main complaint who visited our clinic in a two-year period. RESULTS: This study indicates that it is harder to withstand cervical pain than tinnitus with a higher prevalence of fatigue and impaired work performance in cervical pain patients...

INTRODUCTION: Our initial study reported consecutive patients with constant cardiac synchronous subjective tinnitus (pulsatile tinnitus without an identifiable acoustic source (P)) all of whom could suppress their pulsations with head and neck intense muscle contractions ("somatic testing" (ST)). The term somatosensory pulsatile tinnitus syndrome (SSPT) was coined to refer to this type of P. With now more than a decade of clinical experience with P, herein are reported (a) other ways P can present, beside SSPT, (b) how P is related to the somatosensory system and recumbency, and (c) what treatments have been effective...

INTRODUCTION: Tinnitus- the perception of sound without external stimulation can also lead to disruption in the quality of life and has been over the years been benefitted by tinnitus masking. Hence this study to understand the effectiveness of tinnitus masking using the Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) Test. OBJECTIVES: The intention of this experimental research design is to determine whether tinnitus masking as treatment for tinnitus makes a significant difference in auditory evoked brainstem responses before and after masking for understanding the effectiveness of the treatment objectively and possible quantification of benefit measurement through ABR...

BACKGROUND: Covid-19 pandemic has caused a profound impact on the lives of people and has given rise to many mental health issues like anxiety and stress which eventually has given rise to bothersome tinnitus. In case of people having pre-existing tinnitus, the pandemic has raised the problem of tinnitus and the co-morbid issues related to tinnitus and severely affected the overall quality of life. Hence, we need to find a mean for home-based management of tinnitus and its associated problems...

The objective of this study is to identify the prevalence and nature of auditory analyzer pathology in children with different forms of infant cerebral palsy by recording otoacoustic emission and recording short latency brainstem auditory evoked potentials. The subject group consisted of 75 children, 40 (53%) males and 35 (47%) were females, ranging from 3 to 14 years of age with a confirmed diagnosis of cerebral palsy on the basis of a psycho-neurological hospital in Tashkent. (Uzbekistan). The examination of children was carried out by the following methods: clinical examination of patients (general and otorhinolaryngological) and functional research methods of the auditory analyzer...

INTRODUCTION: Cochlear implantation has been mentioned as the most effective therapeutic intervention in deaf patients and especially those with post-lingual deafness. We aimed to assess hearing improvement of post-lingually deaf patients after cochlear implantation. MATERIALS AND METHODS: in this cross-sectional study all the post-lingually deaf patients who had undergone cochlear implantation (CI) surgery between December 2010 and February 2016 were assessed. Patients were recalled and after explaining the study process and signing an informed consent form, an audiometry was done by a single audiologist...

INTRODUCTION: This research was conducted to investigate the severity of tinnitus, its impact on subject's daily, personal and emotional life, which varies widely across the age groups. METHODOLOGY: Sample population of 60 unilateral tinnitus subjects with normal hearing between the age ranges of 15-55years were divided into four age groups. Tinnitus severity was measured using tinnitus severity index, impact of tinnitus on daily life was documented through tinnitus handicap inventory and the stress levels through perceived stress scale...

Cochlear Implantation (CI) is an effective surgical approach to rehabilitate the deaf patients. However, the insertion of an electrode into the cochlea may have an adverse effect on vestibular receptors, resulting in vertigo or dizziness. The present study is aimed to investigate the impacts of vestibular rehabilitation therapy (VRT) exercises on dizziness symptoms of patients who underwent CIlimb.

Mucormycosis is an invasive fungal infection belonging to order of Mucorales which causes a high rate of mortality. This infection is mostly common in the immunosuppression conditions such as diabetes mellitus, chemotherapy, organ transplantation and hematologic malignancies.

The cognitive ability which was perceived as a constant trait, is now understood to be upgraded by adaptive and extended training. Yoga practices are known to sharpen the intellect and enhance concentration. In the initial period of practicing yoga as an alternative/supporting tool to medical line of treatment, it is essential to investigate effect of yoga on cognitive ability using objective method, in order to establish evidences. Hence, aim of this study was to explore the effect of regular practice of sudarsankriya yoga on auditory event related potential (P300) by recording and comparing peak latency and amplitude...

OBJECTIVES: To follow up with a survey for the safety and performance of the coherent biomodulator patch as a device for tinnitus when in clinical use. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A survey with 20 questions was emailed to device users a few weeks after fulfilled treatment. Collected data from 927 responders from February 2017 to July 2020 was exported and analyzed. The treatment time was 3 weeks, and the patches were changed daily and placed behind one year. The analysis was performed in order to investigate the possibility of subgroups and if the effect of one or more treatments are different, and is the relief dependent on how long the users have had troublesome tinnitus, the age of the user, and the severity of the tinnitus...

OBJECTIVES: The object of this study was to relate cervical spine pathology to the occurrence of tinnitus and of cervical pain. DESIGN: A retrospective analysis of 124 patients with tinnitus as main complaint and 300 patients with cervical pain as main complaint who visited our clinic in a two-year period. RESULTS: In patients with tinnitus as main complaint, 64% of the patients have also cervical pain, and in patients with cervical pain as main complaint, 44% of the patients have tinnitus...

Nowadays piercing has become one of the most popular fashionable and cultural customs and people of all ages are interested in this cosmetic procedure. One of the common sites of piercing is ears which, like any other piercing, can bring about many complications like infection, inflammation, allergic reaction, keloid formation, and traumatic tearing. In this paper, we report a case of perichondritis due to Staphylococcal secondary infection to a primary herpes zoster infection following ear piercing.

INTRODUCTION: One of the most common reasons for patients to visit a doctor is Sinusitis. Treatment of this disease involves a wide range of topical and systemic drugs, if it left untreated, surgery and sinus drainage will be the only choice. Due to symptoms and problems caused by chronic sinusitis and its treatment, as well as the need for an appropriate solution to reduce this, the present study was conducted to investigate the relationship between The Lund Mackay score and response to medical treatment in patients with chronic sinusitis...

BACKGROUND: To evaluate the effect of frequency-shifting techniques recently used in hearing aids for speech discrimination scores and hearing thresholds. METHODS: Thirty individuals (16 men and 14 women) with sensorineural hearing loss who used normal fitting monaural hearing aids and frequency-shifting feature for at least 2 months and whose 4000-8000 Hz hearing threshold was over 70 dB participated. The average age was 69.73 ± 10 (range: 65-80 years). We detected the types and degree of each participant's hearing loss...