Tinnitus Patients with Comorbid Headaches: The Influence of Headache Type and Laterality on Tinnitus Characteristics

Langguth et al. The analysis of a large patient sample shows: Patients with headache and tinnitus have higher tinnitus-related distress, lower quality of life and more comorbidities. Read more about this topic at https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fneur.2017.00440/full

The Effect of Physical Therapy Treatment in Patients with Subjective Tinnitus: A Systematic Review

Sarah Michiels et al. The central auditory system has many entries. The first prominent entry is the ear. The second prominent entry is the neck and the jaw. Abnormal nervous activity from these body parts can also have an effect on the auditory system and can trigger or influence tinnitus. Physical therapy can help in this case - but systematic research on it is poor. Michiels and colleagues summarize the current state at https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2016.00545/full

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Genetics of Tinnitus: An Emerging Area of Molecular Diagnosis and Drug Development

Antonio Lopez-Escamez et al. There is almost no knowledge at all about the genetics of tinnitus. A very ambitious team of geneticists in the TINNET consortium wants to change this. They have a vision and they have a plan. Read more about their roadmap for a better understanding on the genetics of tinnitus at https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2016.00377/full

Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Treatment of Somatosensory Tinnitus: A Scoping Review

Haúla Haider et al. if you can modulate your tinnitus by physical contact or movement, then you might have somatosensory tinnitus. Haúla Haider and colleagues present an overview of the know facts about somoatosensory tinnitus at https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2017.00207/full

10 Hz Amplitude Modulated Sounds Induce Short-Term Tinnitus Suppression

Patrick Neff et al. Amplitude modulated sounds can be used to suppress tinnitus for a short amount of time. Neff et al investigated this phenomenon in order to better understand the underlying mechanisms.

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Does Tinnitus Depend on Time-of-Day? An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study with the "TrackYourTinnitus" Application

Thomas Probst, et al. The authors analyzed a large data set that has been collected with the TrackyourTinnitus smartphone app. For the majority of tinnitus sufferers, their tinnitus is loudest in early morning hours and during night. See more details here: http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnagi.2017.00253/full

A Case of Acoustic Shock with Post-trauma Trigeminal-Autonomic Activation

Londero A. In this article, the group around Alain Londero, Hôpital européen de George-Pompidou, Paris, presents a complicated case of Tinnitus. Many details can be learnt from this case - and it is an excellent presentation of an interesting single case. read more under http://journals.sagepub.com/page/tia/call-for-papers/tri_tinnet