Tinnitus involves the percept of a sound or sounds in the ear or head without an external
source. Most individuals experiencing tinnitus have a neutral reaction to the percept …

Mechanistic insight is achieved only when experiments are employed to test formal or
computational models. Furthermore, in analogy to lesion studies, phantom perception may …

Objective Tinnitus is the perception of sound without an external source. More than 50
million people in the United States have reported experiencing tinnitus, resulting in an …

Subjective tinnitus is the conscious perception of sound in the absence of any acoustic
source. The literature suggests various tinnitus mechanisms, most of which invoke changes …

Tinnitus is a pervasive public health issue that affects∼ 15% of the United States population.
Similar estimates have also been shown on a global scale, with similar prevalence found in …

Background Tinnitus is described as the perception of sound or noise in the absence of real
acoustic stimulation. In the current absence of a cure for tinnitus, clinical management …

Chronic tinnitus is the persistent sensation of hearing a sound that exists only inside the
head. The prevalence of tinnitus in adults in the United States is estimated at 10 to 15%. For …

Purpose Individuals complaining of tinnitus often attribute hearing problems to the tinnitus. In
such cases some (or all) of their reported “tinnitus distress” may in fact be caused by trouble …

Purpose The overarching purpose of epidemiologic research is to develop knowledge of the
distribution and determinants of health conditions across populations. 2 More specifically …

Hearing loss and tinnitus are the 2 most prevalent service-connected disabilities among
veterans in the United States. Veterans of Operations Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom …