The Online Journal Audiology Worldnews published a summary of the speech that Berthold Langguth held on the TINNET COST action BM1306 during the 8th International TRI Tinnitus Conference from 10-13 March in Auckland, New Zealand. read more at Audiology Worldnews

The proposal “Better Understanding the Heterogeneity of Tinnitus to Improve and Develop New Treatments – TINNET” has been approved by the COST Committee of Senior Officials. This project will help to improve our knowledge about tinnitus, the treatment of the tinnitus patients and increases the already fruitful cooperation among tinnitus researches in Europe any further. We are now inviting tinnitus researchers from as many european countries as possible to participate in the project.

Read more at the TINNET website.

March 10 - 13, 2014, Auckland (New Zealand)

Information:

TRI2014 Conference Website

TRI2014 Conference Handbook

Presentations from Guest, Keynote, Invited and Workshop Session speakers are available on the program page of the conference website.

In the recent issue of Nature Biotechnology Christopher Cederroth et al. highlight the discrepancy between the high socioeconomic relevance of tinnitus and the very limited amount of public funding. The Tinnitus Research Initative is mentioned as an example how private donors try to approach this neglected field in order to attract the industry and public funding.

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We are very pleased to introduce Dr. Winfried Schlee as the new Scientific Research Coordinator of the Tinnitus Research Initiative Foundation.

Two Review articles about tinnitus appeared in recent editions of the "Lancet" and the "Lancet Neurology":

• Baguley D, McFerran D, Hall D. (2013) Tinnitus. Lancet. Jul 1. pii: S0140-6736(13)60142-7. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60142-7. [Epub ahead of print].
• Langguth B, Kreuzer PM, Kleinjung T, De Ridder D. (2013) Tinnitus: causes and clinical management. Lancet Neurol. Sep;12(9):920-30. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(13)70160-1.

The articles in these renowned journals reflect both the relevance of tinnitus as a health and research topic, and the increasing quality of basic and clinical tinnitus research during the last years.

The Textbook of Tinnitus was one of the top 25 percent most downloaded eBooks in the relevant Springer eBook Collection in 2013. Initiated and edited by Aage Møller, Berthold Langguth, Tobias Kleinjung and Dirk de Ridder and authored by over 100 tinnitus experts this comprehensive textbook covers in 96 chapters the diagnosis and the therapy of tinnitus.

The electronic version of the Textbook of Tinnitus is available from Springer Link. Users who have not full text access can view parts of the ebook through the free LookInside service of Springer: order now or read online

Interview of the American Academy of Audiology with Aage R. Møller, PhD

He is working together with rebels, killers and former child soldiers, he lectures on hatred and fear. The german psychologist Thomas Elbert, member of the Board of Directors of the Tinnitus Research Initiative, is searching an answer to the question: What causes humans becoming murderers? For students his lectures are "simply wow". ... read more (in German)