Transdiagnostic dimensions of psychopathology in chronic tinnitus patients with and without hearing loss [PDF]
Scientific ReportsChronic tinnitus is frequently described as occurring with psychiatric comorbidities. However, this diagnosis-based framing may obscure underlying dimensions of psychological vulnerability in individuals both with and without measurable hearing loss (HL).
Boecking Benjamin +4 more
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Trauma-associated tinnitus: audiological, demographic and clinical characteristics. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 BackgroundTinnitus can result from different etiologies. Frequently, patients report the development of tinnitus after traumatic injuries. However, to which extent this specific etiologic factor plays a role for the phenomenology of tinnitus is still ...
Peter M Kreuzer +5 more
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Digital Tinnitus Counseling in Clinical Practice: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial [PDF]
Audiology ResearchBackground/Objectives: Subjective tinnitus, defined as the perception of sound without an external source, is a common and often debilitating condition.
Petra Brueggemann +3 more
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Prevalence and characteristics of tinnitus after leisure noise exposure in young adults [PDF]
, 2014 The main goal of this study was to assess the prevalence and characteristics of tinnitus among students after exposure to leisure noise. In addition, the effects of tinnitus on otoacoustic emissions (OAEs) in participants suffering from chronic tinnitus ...
Corthals, Paul +3 more
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The impact of tinnitus distress on cognition
Scientific Reports, 2021 Tinnitus is the chronic perception of a phantom sound with different levels of related distress. Past research has elucidated interactions of tinnitus distress with audiological, affective and further clinical variables.
P. Neff +9 more
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Hair-cortisol and hair-BDNF as biomarkers of tinnitus loudness and distress in chronic tinnitus
Scientific Reports, 2022 The role of stress and its neuroendocrine mediators in tinnitus is unclear. In this study, we measure cortisol as an indicator of hypothalamus–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis alterations and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) as a marker of adaptive ...
Laura Basso +5 more
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Impact of the COVID-19 Lockdown on Patients with Chronic Tinnitus—Preliminary Results
Audiology Research, 2022 The COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown measures are both causes of psychological distress. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the psychological effects of lockdown measures on patients with subjective chronic tinnitus diagnosed before the COVID-
Alessandra Fioretti +6 more
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Subtyping somatic tinnitus: a cross-sectional UK cohort study of demographic, clinical and audiological characteristics [PDF]
, 2015 Somatic tinnitus is the ability to modulate the psychoacoustic features of tinnitus by somatic manoeuvres. The condition is still not fully understood and further identification of this subtype is essential, particularly for the purpose of establishing ...
Hall, Deborah A +4 more
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Sex Differences in Comorbidity Combinations in the Swedish Population
Biomolecules, 2022 High comorbidity rates, especially mental–physical comorbidity, constitute an increasing health care burden, with women and men being differentially affected.
Laura Basso +6 more
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Personality Traits, Perceived Stress, and Tinnitus-Related Distress in Patients With Chronic Tinnitus: Support for a Vulnerability-Stress Model [PDF]
, 2020 Background: Despite vulnerability-stress models underlying a variety of distress-related emotional syndromes, few studies have investigated interactions between personality factors and subjectively experienced stressors in accounting for tinnitus ...
Biehl, Raphael +4 more
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