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ReviewJournal of clinical neurology (Seoul, Korea)2021

Tinnitus Update.

Byung In Han, Ho Won Lee, Sanghyo Ryu, Ji Soo Kim

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Review in Journal of clinical neurology (Seoul, Korea), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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27citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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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

27 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

4 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Byung In HanDo Neurology Clinic, Daegu, Korea.
Ho Won LeeDepartment of Neurology, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8849-920X
Sanghyo RyuDepartment of Neurology, Haedong Hospital, Busan, Korea. sanghyoryu@gmail.com.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3617-493X
Ji Soo KimDepartment of Neurology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1508-2024
Dong-A University Hospital · KRKeimyung University · KRKyungpook National University · KRSeoul National University Bundang Hospital · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This article provides an update on tinnitus for audiologists and other clinicians who provide tinnitus-specific services. Tinnitus can be attributable to hearing loss, somatosensory system dysfunction, or auditory cortex dysfunction, with hearing loss being the most common cause and serious underlying pathologies being rare. Hearing loss does not always lead to tinnitus, and patients with tinnitus do not always suffer from hearing loss. The first scenario is explained by a so-called inhibitory gating mechanism, whereas the second assumes that all tinnitus sufferers have some degree of hearing impairment, which might not be detected in standard audiological examinations. The treatments should aim at symptomatic relief and management of associated distress. Current treatment options include pharmacotherapy, education, counseling, cognitive behavioral therapy, and sound therapy.

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hearing losstinnitustreatment

Identifiers

PMID33480192
PMCPMC7840320
OpenAlexW4232982569

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