The importance of psychological factors in tinnitus distress has been formally recognized for
almost three decades. The psychological understanding of why tinnitus can be a distressing …

The progress in the field of tinnitus largely depends on the development of a reliable tinnitus
animal model. Recently, a new method based on the acoustic startle reflex modification was …

Tinnitus masking and residual inhibition (RI) are two well-known psychoacoustic measures
of tinnitus. While it has long been suggested that they may provide diagnostic and …

Subjective tinnitus is characterized by the conscious perception of a phantom sound which
is usually more prominent under silence. Resting state recordings without any auditory …

The phantom perception of tinnitus and reduced sound-level tolerance associated with
hyperacusis have a high comorbidity and can be debilitating conditions for which there are …

The ability to reproducibly match tinnitus loudness and pitch is important to research and
clinical management. Here we examine agreement and reliability of tinnitus loudness …

Tinnitus is one of the major audiological diseases, affecting a significant portion of the
ageing society. Despite its huge personal and presumed economic impact there are only …

Sensitivity to sounds is one frequent symptom of a sport-related concussion, but its
assessment rarely goes beyond a single question. Here we examined sensitivity to sounds …

Background: The phenomenon of short-term tinnitus suppression by different forms of
acoustic stimulation is referred to as residual inhibition (RI). RI can be triggered in the …

Despite having normal hearing sensitivity, patients with chronic tinnitus may experience
more difficulty recognizing speech in adverse listening conditions as compared to controls …