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ArticleScientific reports2015

Multisensory attention training for treatment of tinnitus.

D P Spiegel, T Linford, B Thompson, M A Petoe, K Kobayashi, C M Stinear, G D Searchfield

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Article in Scientific reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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15citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Modifiable risk factors for tinnitus: A Mendelian randomization study.The Journal of international medical research · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 3 countries.

D P Spiegel1] Section of Audiology, School of Population Health, The University of Auckland, 261 Morrin Road, Glenn Innes, Auckland, New Zealand [2] Centre for Brain Research, The University of Auckland, 85 Park Road, Grafton, Auckland, New Zealand [3] McGill Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
T LinfordSection of Audiology, School of Population Health, The University of Auckland, 261 Morrin Road, Glenn Innes, Auckland, New Zealand.
B Thompson1] Centre for Brain Research, The University of Auckland, 85 Park Road, Grafton, Auckland, New Zealand [2] Department of Optometry and Vision Science, The University of Auckland, 85 Park Road, Grafton, Auckland, New Zealand.
M A Petoe1] Section of Audiology, School of Population Health, The University of Auckland, 261 Morrin Road, Glenn Innes, Auckland, New Zealand [2] The Bionics Institute of Australia, 384-388 Albert Street, Melbourne, Australia.
K Kobayashi1] Section of Audiology, School of Population Health, The University of Auckland, 261 Morrin Road, Glenn Innes, Auckland, New Zealand [2] Centre for Brain Research, The University of Auckland, 85 Park Road, Grafton, Auckland, New Zealand.
C M StinearCentre for Brain Research, The University of Auckland, 85 Park Road, Grafton, Auckland, New Zealand.
G D Searchfield1] Section of Audiology, School of Population Health, The University of Auckland, 261 Morrin Road, Glenn Innes, Auckland, New Zealand [2] Centre for Brain Research, The University of Auckland, 85 Park Road, Grafton, Auckland, New Zealand.
University of Auckland · NZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tinnitus is the conscious perception of sound with no physical sound source. Some models of tinnitus pathophysiology suggest that networks associated with attention, memory, distress and multisensory experience are involved in tinnitus perception. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether a multisensory attention training paradigm which used audio, visual, and somatosensory stimulation would reduce tinnitus. Eighteen participants with predominantly unilateral chronic tinnitus were randomized between two groups receiving 20 daily sessions of either integration (attempting to reduce salience to tinnitus by binding with multisensory stimuli) or attention diversion (multisensory stimuli opposite side to tinnitus) training. The training resulted in small but statistically significant reductions in Tinnitus Functional Index and Tinnitus Severity Numeric Scale scores and improved attentional abilities. No statistically significant improvements in tinnitus were found between the training groups. This study demonstrated that a short period of multisensory attention training reduced unilateral tinnitus, but directing attention toward or away from the tinnitus side did not differentiate this effect.

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Acoustic StimulationAdultAgedAttentionAuditory PerceptionFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedTinnitusVisual Perception

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PMID26020589
PMCPMC4447068
OpenAlexW2264894382

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