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ReviewThe Journal of international medical research2017

Somatosensory tinnitus: Current evidence and future perspectives.

Massimo Ralli, Antonio Greco, Rosaria Turchetta, Giancarlo Altissimi, Marco de Vincentiis, Giancarlo Cianfrone

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Review in The Journal of international medical research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
42citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
5.5field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

42 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 92 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Guideline
  3. Hearing Loss, Tinnitus, Hyperacusis, and Diplacusis in Professional Musicians: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018
    Pooled it
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  8. Otologic Manifestations of Temporomandibular Disorders.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
    Review
  9. Observational
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  11. Frequency of Oral Behaviors as a Risk Factor for Somatosensory Tinnitus.International archives of otorhinolaryngology · 2025
    Article
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  19. Clinical Features of Non-Lateralized Tinnitus.The journal of international advanced otology · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Massimo Ralli1 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
Antonio Greco2 Department of Sense Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
Rosaria Turchetta2 Department of Sense Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
Giancarlo Altissimi2 Department of Sense Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
Marco de Vincentiis2 Department of Sense Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
Giancarlo Cianfrone2 Department of Sense Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
Sapienza University of Rome · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In some individuals, tinnitus can be modulated by specific maneuvers of the temporomandibular joint, head and neck, eyes, and limbs. Neuroplasticity seems to play a central role in this capacity for modulation, suggesting that abnormal interactions between the sensory modalities, sensorimotor systems, and neurocognitive and neuroemotional networks may contribute to the development of somatosensory tinnitus. Current evidence supports a link between somatic disorders and higher modulation of tinnitus, especially in patients with a normal hearing threshold. Patients with tinnitus who have somatic disorders seems to have a higher chance of modulating their tinnitus with somatic maneuvers; consistent improvements in tinnitus symptoms have been observed in patients with temporomandibular joint disease following targeted therapy for temporomandibular disorders. Somatosensory tinnitus is often overlooked by otolaryngologists and not fully investigated during the diagnostic process. Somatic disorders, when identified and treated, can be a valid therapeutic target for tinnitus; however, somatic screening of subjects for somatosensory tinnitus is imperative for correct selection of patients who would benefit from a multidisciplinary somatic approach.

Indexed as

Eye MovementsHeadHumansNeckSomatosensory CortexTemporomandibular JointTinnitussomatic modulation of tinnitussomatosensory tinnitustemporomandibular joint disordersTinnitus

Identifiers

PMID28553764
PMCPMC5536427
OpenAlexW2619985578

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Registered trials

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