ArticleScientific reports2017
Typewriter tinnitus revisited: The typical symptoms and the initial response to carbamazepine are the most reliable diagnostic clues.
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- Typewriter tinnitus with time-locked vestibular paroxysmia in a patient with cerebellopontine angle meningioma.Journal of neurology · 2023Article
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- Neuroprotective Effect of Valproic Acid on Salicylate-Induced Tinnitus.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Article
- Vestibular paroxysmia associated with typewriter tinnitus: a case report and literature review.Journal of neurology · 2021Review
- Longitudinal analysis of surgical outcome in subjects with pulsatile tinnitus originating from the sigmoid sinus.Scientific reports · 2020Article
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- Pre-treatment Ongoing Cortical Oscillatory Activity Predicts Improvement of Tinnitus After Partial Peripheral Reafferentation With Hearing Aids.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2020Article
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Abstract
Although neurovascular compression of the cochlear nerve (NVC-C) presenting as typewriter tinnitus is a discrete disease category, verified diagnostic criteria are lacking. We sought to refine the diagnostic criteria for NVC-C by reference to a relatively large case series. The medical records of 22 NVC-C patients were retrospectively reviewed. Psychoacoustic characteristics, the results of diagnostic work-up (including audiovestibular neurophysiological tests and radiological evaluations), and the initial treatment response to carbamazepine were investigated. All subjects described their tinnitus as a typical "typewriter" or "staccato" sound. Of the 22 subjects, 11 (50%) had histories of vertiginous spells, but none had ipsilesional hearing loss. Vestibular function tests in 11 subjects tested revealed only 2 (18.2%) isolated cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potential abnormalities. Radiological comparisons of the symptomatic and asymptomatic sides, regarding the type of the vascular loop and neurovascular contact, revealed no significant differences. However, all 22 subjects exhibited immediate and marked responses to short-term carbamazepine treatment. Meticulous history-taking in terms of the psychoacoustic characteristics and the response to initial carbamazepine, are more reliable diagnostic clues than are radiological or neurophysiological data in NVC-C subjects. Therefore, the typical psychoacoustic characteristics and the response to initial carbamazepine should be included in the diagnostic criteria.
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