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{"title":"Evaluation of Central Auditory Processing in Musicians and Non-Musicians.","authors":"Senanur Kahraman,&nbsp;Sena Karaduman,&nbsp;Selim Ünsal,&nbsp;Fulya Yalçınkaya","doi":"10.5935/0946-5448.20210021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5935/0946-5448.20210021","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Auditory processing is the analysis of sounds' attributions such as localization, lateralization, temporality, frequency, loudness, phase, auditory memory and auditory attention through primer and secondar central auditory paths. This study aims to show that music contributes on auditory processing by applying central auditory tests on two groups who are musicians and nonmusicians.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>The participants in this study are aged between 20 and 40. The mean age of the musician participants is 24.40±3.811, when the mean age of non-musician participants is 26.07±4.525. Each group has 30 participants. All participants got examined for otorhinolaryngology and they were tested for pure tone audiometry and immitansmetric measurement. For musician participants, this study included people who have professional music career for at least 5 years and for non-musician participants, it has been included those who are capable of normal hearing. All participants tested for Frequency Patterns Test (FPT), Duration Patterns Test (DPT), Random Gap Detection Test (RGDT) and Staggered Spondaic Word Test (SSWT).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results of the FPT, DPT, RGDT and SSWT tests applied to musician and non-musician participants indicate that there is a statistical significance on auditory processing between these two groups (p<0.05). It is founded that there is a considerable difference as a result of statistical significance between the tests from right to left and from left to right (p<0.05). In addition, it is founded that musician participants have much more comprehension ability in the tests from left to right than the tests from right to lefts.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study indicates that people who are interested in music professionally have developed auditory processing skills and senses than people who does not show any professional interest in music.</p>","PeriodicalId":39842,"journal":{"name":"International Tinnitus Journal","volume":"25 1","pages":"118-123"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39325263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Comparison of vestibular rehabilitation on balance function in cochlear implant recipients.","authors":"Sirvan Nafaji,&nbsp;Hassan Abshirini,&nbsp;Saman Karkhaneh","doi":"10.5935/0946-5448.2021003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5935/0946-5448.2021003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>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.</p>","PeriodicalId":39842,"journal":{"name":"International Tinnitus Journal","volume":"25 1","pages":"10-12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38946772","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Tinnitus characteristics at high-and low-risk occupations from occupational noise exposure standpoint.","authors":"Mehdi Asghari","doi":"10.5935/0946-5448.20210016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5935/0946-5448.20210016","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The aim of the present study was to compare tinnitus characteristics in high- and low-risk occupations from the occupational noise exposure standpoint, considering demographic data, hearing loss and concomitant diseases.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Demographic data, characteristics of tinnitus, hearing and concomitant diseases were recorded in the questionnaires. Their pure tone air conduction thresholds were determined using a double-channel diagnostic Audiometer and the Bone Conduction was assessed using a B-71 bone vibrator.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Totally, 6.3% subjects (6.8% high-risk group and 5.6% low-risk group) had subjective tinnitus, mainly as whistling sound. In the high-risk group, tinnitus was mainly left-sided (41.18%) and hearing loss was mild. Bilateral tinnitus (52.63%) and slight hearing loss were observed predominantly in the low-risk group.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The study showed higher incidence of tinnitus in high-risk professions regarding with occupational noise exposure.</p>","PeriodicalId":39842,"journal":{"name":"International Tinnitus Journal","volume":"25 1","pages":"87-93"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39325258","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Role of Intratympanic Dexamethasone for Intractable Posterior Canal Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo.","authors":"C Morales-Olavarría,&nbsp;P Sarría-Echegaray,&nbsp;G Til-Pérez,&nbsp;C Carnevale","doi":"10.5935/0946-5448.20210019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5935/0946-5448.20210019","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo is a frequent diagnosed disorder, most of the patients are successfully treated with reposition maneuvers. In between 3-12.5% of these patients remain symptomatic. Recent studies support the use of intratympanic corticosteroid for intractable vertigo with promising results.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>Patients diagnosed with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo between June 2017 and December 2019 in a tertiary university hospital and in two private hospitals were included in the study and analyzed prospectively. They were treated and followed with repositioning maneuvers and intratympanic dexamethasone injections if the criteria was met.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>4 out 72 patients included in the study developed criteria for intractable vertigo after at least 6 repositioning maneuvers. The posterior semicircular canal was affected in all cases, 3 out of 4 patients experienced symptom resolution, after two, four and five intratympanic dexamethasone injections respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The use of intratympanic steroids to treat patients with refractory benign paroxysmal positional vertigo showed encouraging results. We believe a multicenter randomized clinical trial should be performed to assess the efficacy of intratympanic steroids in the treatment of this pathology.</p>","PeriodicalId":39842,"journal":{"name":"International Tinnitus Journal","volume":"25 1","pages":"107-111"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39325261","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessment of Hearing in Children with Cerebral Palsy.","authors":"G S Khaydarova,&nbsp;A Madrimova,&nbsp;Kh E S Shaykhova","doi":"10.5935/0946-5448.2020006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5935/0946-5448.2020006","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>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. All children underwent acoustic impedancemetry, including tympanometry with determination of the type of tympanogram and acoustic reflex. The data obtained revealed a bilateral lesion of the peripheral part of the auditory analyzer. Beilateral sensorineural hearing loss was detected in 21 - I - II degree, in 12 - III degree and in 15 - IV degree. Marked changes in the main parameters of BAEP were detected in the study of the stem structures of the auditory analyzer in children with cerebral palsy. Thus, disorganization, configuration disturbances of the component composition (I, III, V) were noted. Thus, the study revealed a disorder of auditory function by sound-detecting type and justified the need for hearing correction in these children. Evaluation of auditory function made it possible to determine the level of auditory analyzer injury and localization of the process from the results of a complex, objective examination.</p>","PeriodicalId":39842,"journal":{"name":"International Tinnitus Journal","volume":"25 1","pages":"23-28"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39327290","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Impact of Tinnitus Masking on Auditory Brainstem Response Results.","authors":"Ambika Bose,&nbsp;Indranil Chatterjee","doi":"10.5935/0946-5448.2021008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5935/0946-5448.2021008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>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.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>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.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>30 subjects with normal hearing and unilateral tinnitus were assessed using ABR before and after tinnitus masking. Data was collected and compared to evaluate pre-masking and post-masking values of Latency-Intensity function and Interpeak Latency differences. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, test of homogeneity of variances and Two-way ANOVA.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Both latency-intensity functions and interpeak latency differences showed significant differences before and after tinnitus masking with significance values of Two-way ANOVA as .001, (Calculated at p < .05).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Despite the patient's subjective feedback, objective proof of the patient's benefit is a necessity. Therefore, this study shows that ABR shows significant differences in patients treated with tinnitus masking. Further suggesting benefit quantification of tinnitus masking as a treatment to tinnitus suffering individuals and for further understanding the intricacies of changes in the central auditory pathway due to masking.</p>","PeriodicalId":39842,"journal":{"name":"International Tinnitus Journal","volume":"25 1","pages":"34-38"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39327292","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Photobiomodulation Therapy in Hearing Related Aspects: an Integrative Bibliometric Study.","authors":"Amanda Rodrigues Scheffer,&nbsp;Maria Fernanda Capoani Garcia Mondelli,&nbsp;Renata da Silva Cardoso Rocha Tavares","doi":"10.5935/0946-5448.20210012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5935/0946-5448.20210012","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>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.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The present study aims to investigate the studies of low level laser (LLL) and audiology in recent years.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>The quantitative bibliometric study was performed by searching scientific articles in the Web of Science - Clarivate Analytics database. The association of the words \"low level laser therapy\" and \"hearing\" was used to construct the sample.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The most recurrent objectives analyzed the action of LLLT regarding its effectiveness, with predominantly positive results in the effectiveness of the treatment of hearing problems such as hearing loss, tinnitus and vertigo.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>LLL is a great tool for professionals who take care of human hearing, helping in the recovery of patients with hearing problems in a noninvasive or drug way, thus improving the functions in which the TBLI is applied.</p>","PeriodicalId":39842,"journal":{"name":"International Tinnitus Journal","volume":"25 1","pages":"59-65"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39327296","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Efficacy of Digital Hearing Aids in the Management of Tinnitus in Individuals with Sensorineural Hearing Loss.","authors":"Rajendra Kumar Porika,&nbsp;Balakrishnan Doraisami,&nbsp;Aparna Ravichandran","doi":"10.5935/0946-5448.20210018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5935/0946-5448.20210018","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Tinnitus is a condition which is often seen coexisting with hearing loss. In many persons with tinnitus, the use of amplification devices has been reported to show improvement in difficulties due to tinnitus. Though the underlying physiological mechanism is not clearly understood, hearing aids have proven beneficial. The aim of the study is to evaluate the benefit of the hearing aid in management of tinnitus. This study was conducted to assess whether such claims are true and, if so, what is the quantum of such benefit. In order to ascertain this, we studied the effects of three commonly used newer designs of digital programmable hearing aids namely, (i) Hearing aids with Basic programming, D-Basic (ii) those with tinnitus specific programming, DTS and (iii) those with in-built masking facility, DIM. In this study 108 subjects (65 males and 43 females), in the age range of 18 to 81 years were included. Each subject was fitted with one of the above mentioned three types of hearing aids, by qualified audiologists, purely on clinical grounds. All the subjects showed improvement in their hearing. The efficacy of the hearing aids, in mitigating the tinnitus, was assessed by employing the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory - THI. The THI has been developed by Newman et al in 1996 to study the effects of tinnitus, comprehensively under three domains viz. functional, emotional and catastrophic domains. A reduction in the THI scores indicates improvement. This tool is very popular and is acclaimed worldwide. It had been translated into several languages. In this study, the translated Telugu language version (THIT) of THI was used. The use of the local language (Telugu) afforded easy comprehension and better reliability. In each subject, we documented the THIT scores, before fitting of hearing aid and after two months of proper usage of the hearing aids. In the entire sample population of 108 subjects, across all the three different designtypes of hearing aids, we found a mean reduction of 42.6 points in the THIT scores. When the design of hearing aid was taken into reckoning, the mean post-fitting reduction of THIT scores in the subjects fitted with D-Basic, DTS, DIM hearing aids were 32.2, 43.5 and 51.9 respectively. In all the three designs, several subjects, those who were in a worse grade of tinnitus severity category of tinnitus severity before fitting, improved to a better grade after fitting. Further, we studied relief in the domain sub scales of the THIT viz. functional, emotional and the catastrophic domains. While all the three designs gave over-all relief of tinnitus, we found differences in the domain sub scales. However, designs with the In built maskers and tinnitus specific programming fared better. The conclusion drawn from our study is that, apart from the amplification benefit, all the three types of digital programmable hearing aids provided appreciable mitigation of tinnitus. Among the three design-types, hearing aids with inbuilt maske","PeriodicalId":39842,"journal":{"name":"International Tinnitus Journal","volume":"25 1","pages":"100-106"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39325260","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Relationship between cognition and the severity of chronic tinnitus: Validation of the Japanese version of the Tinnitus Cognitions Questionnaire.","authors":"Kayoko Kabaya,&nbsp;Mariko Takahashi,&nbsp;Yuji Sato,&nbsp;Kenichi Sekiya,&nbsp;Shinobu Ito,&nbsp;Shinichi Iwasaki","doi":"10.5935/0946-5448.20210020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5935/0946-5448.20210020","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The Tinnitus Cognitions Questionnaire (TCQ) is a scale designed to assess the positive and negative cognitions associated with tinnitus. The purpose of this study was to validate the Japanese version of the TCQ and to analyze the relationship between cognition and the severity of chronic tinnitus.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This was a cross-sectional, multicenter study. Patients with chronic tinnitus persisting for longer than 3 months were included. Participants completed the TCQ, the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI), and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). They also completed the TCQ a second time 3-7 days later. The questionnaire was translated into Japanese. A factor analysis was performed and the convergent and discriminant validity, internal consistency, and test-retest reliability were evaluated.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The total sample consisted of 75 participants. We obtained high Cronbach's α coefficients for the total score and subscales, ranging from 0.933 to 0.974. The total score and subscale interclass correlation coefficients for test-retest reliability ranged from 0.631 to 0.963. The factor analysis yielded a two-factor structure: negative and positive subscales. The convergent and discriminative validity was sufficiently clear. The negative subscale of the TCQ was strongly correlated with the THI and the HADS.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The Japanese version of the TCQ was validated here. It also exhibited a two-factor structure that was well matched with previous data. And it was a highly consistent and reliable measure that can be used to evaluate cognitions in patients with chronic tinnitus. Negative cognition for tinnitus was greatly related to handicap and psychological state.</p>","PeriodicalId":39842,"journal":{"name":"International Tinnitus Journal","volume":"25 1","pages":"112-117"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39325262","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Management of Tinnitus In Covid-19 Outbreak- A Comparative Study Between Mindfulness Based Tinnitus Stress Reduction And Tinnitus Retraining Therapy.","authors":"Nikita Chatterjee,&nbsp;Durba Chattopadhyay,&nbsp;Indranil Chatterjee","doi":"10.5935/0946-5448.2021007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5935/0946-5448.2021007","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>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.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To understand the mechanism of mental health and to compare between the mindfulness-based tinnitus reduction and tinnitus retraining therapy on android-based application.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Comparative and Experimental design.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>The study was conducted on 60 participants and was divided into two groups. Detailed audiological assessment, tinnitus assessment and Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI) and Tinnitus Cognitions Questionnaire (TCQ) were administered. Group-I was provided with tinnitus retraining therapy and group-II was provided with mindfulness based tinnitus stress reduction. After the post therapy evaluation the data were compiled for statistical analysis in SPSS software 20.0. Results: It was found that there were significant difference between the pre and post therapy scores of TRT and MBTSR in both THI and TCQ (p<0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Home-based management of tinnitus during the COVID-19 pandemic using both TRT and MBTSR were highly successful and had similar results MBTSR was found to be more useful as it had better outcome in reducing the tinnitus related annoyance and shown better improvement in QOL examination.</p>","PeriodicalId":39842,"journal":{"name":"International Tinnitus Journal","volume":"25 1","pages":"29-33"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39327291","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}