As for hypertension, chronic pain, epilepsy and other disorders with particular symptoms, a
commonly accepted and unambiguous definition provides a common ground for …

Tinnitus is one of the most common hearing disorders, with wide-ranging risk factors
including age, hearing loss, noise exposure, inflammatory diseases or tumors of the ear …

Tinnitus is unusual for such a common symptom in that there are few treatment options and
those that are available are aimed at reducing the impact rather than specifically addressing …

Background The heterogeneity of tinnitus is substantial. Its numerous pathophysiological
mechanisms and clinical manifestations have hampered fundamental and treatment …

The auditory brainstem response (ABR) in tinnitus subjects has been extensively
investigated over the last decade with the hopes of finding possible abnormalities related to …

Objectives: To analyze the results of extended high-frequency (EHF) and high-frequency
hearing tests in young patients with tinnitus who show normal response in conventional pure …

Background It was well-documented that extended high-frequency (EHF, above 8 kHz)
hearing test could be more sensitive comparing with the conventional measurement on …

Tinnitus, the perception of sound without a corresponding external sound source, and
tinnitus disorder, which is tinnitus with associated suffering, present a multifaceted clinical …

The exact neurophysiological basis of chronic tinnitus, which affects 10-15% of the
population, remains unknown and is controversial at many levels. It is an open question …

Background The heterogeneity of tinnitus is a major challenge for tinnitus research. Even if a
complex interaction of many factors is involved in the etiology of tinnitus, hearing loss (HL) …