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  • Can stress worsen tinnitus?

    Our results show that tinnitus severity is predicted mainly by: mood (anxiety, depression), neuroticism (i.e., personality trait characterized by a tendency to respond with negative emotions to threat, frustration, or loss27), sleep, and life stressors. This result is in line with the literature that has extensively associated severe tinnitus with stress, depression, personality traits, and…

  • Can tinnitus be cured?

    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 the tinnitus percept. In particular, there is no drug recommended specifically for the management of tinnitus. Whilst some of the currently available interventions are effective…

  • Is tinnitus permanent?

    Acute tinnitus can last from a few minutes to a few weeks after noise exposure.24 In some cases, tinnitus has a gradual onset and several years can pass before an intermittent, low-intensity tinnitus becomes bothersome.25 Spontaneous remission by natural habituation is experienced by more than three-quarters of sufferers. Habituation occurs within the CNS, whereas adaptation…

  • What causes tinnitus?

    Causes include hearing loss, prolonged noise exposure, ear injury, aging, stress, and neurological changes affecting auditory processing. Eggermont JJ, Roberts LE. The neuroscience of tinnitus. Trends Neurosci. 2004 Nov;27(11):676-82. doi: 10.1016/j.tins.2004.08.010. PMID: 15474168.

  • What is tinnitus?

    Tinnitus-the perception of sound in the absence of an actual external sound-represents a symptom of an underlying condition rather than a single disease. Several theories have been proposed to explain the mechanisms underlying tinnitus. Tinnitus generators are theoretically located in the auditory pathway, and such generators and various mechanisms occurring in the peripheral auditory system…

  • Tinnitus and Sudden Hearing Loss

    Tinnitus has been reported as a good(Danino et al., 1984), bad(Ben-David et al., 2002), and neutral(Chang et al., 2005) prognostic factor in various studies. References: Singh A, Kumar Irugu DV. Sudden sensorineural hearing loss – A contemporary review of management issues. J Otol. 2020 Jun;15(2):67-73. doi: 10.1016/j.joto.2019.07.001. Epub 2019 Jul 30. PMID: 32440269; PMCID: PMC7231990.

  • Tinnitus and Otosclerosis

    The most frequent chief complaint of patients with clinical otosclerosis is hearing loss, although tinnitus and vertigo may also occur. Patients with otosclerosis usually present with bilateral hearing loss (~70% of patients) that has been gradually worsening over many years. Typically, the hearing loss starts in one ear and, over time, progresses to involve the…

  • Tinnitus and Meniere’s Disease

    The underlying etiology of MD is not completely clear, yet it has been associated with inner ear fluid volume increases, culminating in episodic ear symptoms (vertigo, fluctuating hearing loss, tinnitus, and aural fullness). The goals of MD treatment are to prevent or reduce vertigo severity and frequency; relieve or prevent hearing loss, tinnitus, and aural…

  • Tinnitus and Genetics

    Human genetic studies in tinnitus are at the very beginning. Accordingly, concordance studies in twins are an essential first step in defining the heritability of tinnitus. In a second step, the precise selection of subjects based on careful phenotyping will facilitate the identification of genes involved in the resilience or susceptibility to developing tinnitus or…

  • Tinnitus and Your Next Steps

    Clinicians should (a) perform a targeted history and physical examination at the initial evaluation of a patient with presumed primary tinnitus to identify conditions that if promptly identified and managed may relieve tinnitus; (b) obtain a prompt, comprehensive audiologic examination in patients with tinnitus that is unilateral, persistent (≥ 6 months), or associated with hearing…