Investigation of Tinnitus Patients in Italy: Clinical and Audiological Characteristics
| Autor: | Daniela Bentivegna, Enrico Martines, Gioacchino Martinciglio, Fabiola Di Piazza, Francesco Martines, Vincenzo Sciacca |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Martines, F, Bentivegna, D, Di Piazza, F, Martines, E, Sciacca, V, Martinciglio, G |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Tinnitu
medicine.medical_specialty Article Subject Hearing loss lcsh:Surgery Audiology Loudness medicine otorhinolaryngologic diseases hearing loss Absolute threshold of hearing Hearing deficit Pure tone business.industry lcsh:RD1-811 medicine.disease lcsh:Otorhinolaryngology lcsh:RF1-547 Settore MED/32 - Audiologia Settore MED/31 - Otorinolaringoiatria normal hearing Etiology Sensorineural hearing loss medicine.symptom business Tinnitus Research Article |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Otolaryngology, Vol 2010 (2010) International Journal of Otolaryngology |
| ISSN: | 1687-9201 |
| Popis: | Objective. 312 tinnitus sufferers were studied in order to analyze: the clinical characteristics of tinnitus; the presence of tinnitus-age correlation and tinnitus-hearing loss correlation; the impact of tinnitus on subjects' life and where possible the etiological/predisposing factors of tinnitus.Results. There is a slight predominance of males. The highest percentage of tinnitus results in the decades 61–70. Of the tinnitus sufferers, 197 (63.14%) have a hearing deficit (light hearing loss in 37.18% of cases). The hearing impairment results of sensorineural type in 74.62% and limited to the high frequencies in 58.50%. The tinnitus is referred as unilateral in 59.93%, a pure tone in 66.99% and 10 dB above the hearing threshold in 37.7%. It is limited to high frequencies in 72.10% of the patients with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) while the 88.37% of the patients with high-frequency SNHL have a high-pitched tinnitus ( ).Conclusion. Hearing status and age represent the principal tinnitus related factors; there is a statistically significant association between high-pitched tinnitus and high-frequency SNHL. There is no significant correlation between tinnitus severity and tinnitus loudness confirming the possibility that neural connection involved in evoking tinnitus-related negative reactions are governed by conditioned reflexes. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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