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Diagnostic Criteria for Somatosensory Tinnitus: A Delphi Process and Face-to-Face Meeting to Establish Consensus.
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- Effectiveness of Telerehabilitation Interventions for Self-Management of Tinnitus: Update of a Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Pooled it
- Consensus Statements on the Definition, Classification, and Diagnostic Tests for Tinnitus: A Delphi Study Conducted by the Korean Tinnitus Study Group.Journal of Korean medical science · 2024Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Telerehabilitation Interventions for Self-management of Tinnitus: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Pooled it
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- One Molecule, Different Circuits? What Botulinum Toxin Can and Cannot Reveal About Craniocervical Comorbidity.Toxins · 2026Review
- Tinnitus.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2026Review
- Interprofessional collaboration for the management of orofacial pain: a delphi study in the Netherlands.BMC oral health · 2026Article
- Craniomandibular disorders and somatosensory tinnitus-diagnostics and treatment strategies.HNO · 2026Review
- Craniomandibular disorders and somatosensory tinnitus-diagnostics and treatment strategies.HNO · 2026Review
- Efficacy and safety of a modified sound therapy for patients with subjective tinnitus (MOST): a multicentre, double-blind, randomised controlled trial.EClinicalMedicine · 2025Article
- Tinnitus Subtyping and Personalized Treatment via Audiometric and Psychometric Clustering.Yonsei medical journal · 2025Article
- Electrophysiological Study of the Masticatory Muscle Activity in Patients With Temporomandibular Disorders With and Without Tinnitus.Clinical and experimental dental research · 2025Article
- Exploring the Effects of Manual Therapy on Somatosensory Tinnitus and Dizziness: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
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- Tinnitus in patients with orofacial complaints.Head & face medicine · 2025Article
- Frequency of Oral Behaviors as a Risk Factor for Somatosensory Tinnitus.International archives of otorhinolaryngology · 2025Article
- The Coexistence of Tinnitus and Temporomandibular Disorder: A Narrative Review on the Importance of an Interdisciplinary Approach.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Exploring App-Based Physiotherapy for Somatic Tinnitus: Results from a Pilot Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- The Current State of Tinnitus Diagnosis and Treatment: a Multidisciplinary Expert Perspective.Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO · 2024Review
- Establishing a Comprehensive Tinnitus Care Pathway-Part 1: Essential Components.Seminars in hearing · 2024Review
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17 authors at 10 institutions in 9 countries.
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Abstract
Since somatic or somatosensory tinnitus (ST) was first described as a subtype of subjective tinnitus, where altered somatosensory afference from the cervical spine or temporomandibular area causes or changes a patient's tinnitus perception, several studies in humans and animals have provided a neurophysiological explanation for this type of tinnitus. Due to a lack of unambiguous clinical tests, many authors and clinicians use their own criteria for diagnosing ST. This resulted in large differences in prevalence figures in different studies and limits the comparison of clinical trials on ST treatment. This study aimed to reach an international consensus on diagnostic criteria for ST among experts, scientists and clinicians using a Delphi survey and face-to-face consensus meeting strategy. Following recommended procedures to gain expert consensus, a two-round Delphi survey was delivered online, followed by an in-person consensus meeting. Experts agreed upon a set of criteria that strongly suggest ST. These criteria comprise items on somatosensory modulation, specific tinnitus characteristics, and symptoms that can accompany the tinnitus. None of these criteria have to be present in every single patient with ST, but in case they are present, they strongly suggest the presence of ST. Because of the international nature of the survey, we expect these criteria to gain wide acceptance in the research field and to serve as a guideline for clinicians across all disciplines. Criteria developed in this consensus paper should now allow further investigation of the extent of somatosensory influence in individual tinnitus patients and tinnitus populations.
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