ArticleFrontiers in neurology2017
Transition from Acute to Chronic Tinnitus: Predictors for the Development of Chronic Distressing Tinnitus.
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- Pharmacotherapy options for the management of subjective tinnitus: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2025Pooled it
- Psychosocial Variables That Predict Chronic and Disabling Tinnitus: A Systematic Review.Current topics in behavioral neurosciences · 2021Pooled it
- EEG-Based Multifocal Tomographic Neurofeedback in Older Individuals With Chronic Tinnitus Does Not Lead to Persistent Electrophysiological Changes.Brain and behavior · 2026Article
- Transdiagnostic dimensions of psychopathology in chronic tinnitus patients with and without hearing loss.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Tinnitus Measured in Everyday Life: A Literature Review of Ecological Momentary Assessment Studies.Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO · 2025Review
- Randomized controlled trial of prednisone in treating acute subjective tinnitus patients with normal pure-tone thresholds.iScience · 2025Article
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- Change in Tinnitus Severity After an Online Self-Paced Tinnitus Course: A Retrospective Cohort Study in Acute and Chronic Tinnitus Patients.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Topological features of brain functional networks are reorganized during chronic tinnitus: A graph-theoretical study.The European journal of neuroscience · 2025Article
- Noise annoyance due to different sources is associated with tinnitus presence and distress in the general population.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2025Article
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- Exploring the Association Between Clinical Characteristics and Etiopathogenesis of Tinnitus: A Cross-Sectional Study.Cureus · 2024Article
- Establishing a Comprehensive Tinnitus Care Pathway-Part 2: Implementation.Seminars in hearing · 2024Review
- Associations between tinnitus and body composition: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- The association of subjective and objective sleep measures with chronic tinnitus.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2024Article
- What is the role of the hippocampus and parahippocampal gyrus in the persistence of tinnitus?Human brain mapping · 2024Review
- Heterogeneity in response to treatment across tinnitus phenotypes.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Development, Insults and Predisposing Factors of the Brain's Predictive Coding System to Chronic Perceptual Disorders-A Life-Course Examination.Brain sciences · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundAcute tinnitus and its transition to chronic tinnitus are poorly investigated, and factors associated with amelioration
methodPatients with tinnitus of no longer than 4 weeks presenting at an otolaryngologist filled out questionnaires at inclusion (T1), as well as 3 (T3), and 6 months (T4) after tinnitus onset. 6 weeks after onset, an interview was conducted over the phone (T2). An audiogram was taken at T1, perceived tinnitus loudness, and tinnitus-related distress were assessed separately and repeatedly together with oversensitivity to external sounds and the levels of depression and anxiety. Furthermore, coping strategies with illness were recorded.
resultsComplete remission until T4 was observed in 11% of the 47 participants, while voiced complaints at onset were stable in the majority. In the subgroup with a relevant level of depression at T1, tinnitus-related distress worsened in 30% until T4. For unilateral tinnitus, perceived loudness in the chronic condition correlated strongly with hearing loss at 2 kHz on the tinnitus ear, while a similar correlation was not found for tinnitus located to both ears or within the head.
conclusionResults suggest early manifestation of tinnitus complaints, and stress the importance of screening all patients presenting with acute tinnitus for levels of depression and tinnitus-related distress. Furthermore, hearing levels should be monitored, and use of hearing aids should be considered to reduce tinnitus loudness after having ascertained that sound sensitivity is within normal range.
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