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Lanaia V, Tziridis K, Schulze H. Salicylate-Induced Changes in Hearing Thresholds in Mongolian Gerbils Are Correlated With Tinnitus Frequency but Not With Tinnitus Strength. Front Behav Neurosci 2021; 15:698516. [PMID: 34393736 PMCID: PMC8363116 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2021.698516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2021] [Accepted: 07/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Tinnitus is an auditory phantom percept without external sound sources. Despite the high prevalence and tinnitus-associated distress of affected patients, the pathophysiology of tinnitus remains largely unknown, making prevention and treatments difficult to develop. In order to elucidate the pathophysiology of tinnitus, animal models are used where tinnitus is induced either permanently by noise trauma or transiently by the application of salicylate. In a model of trauma-induced tinnitus, we have suggested a central origin of tinnitus-related development of neuronal hyperactivity based on stochastic resonance (SR). SR refers to the physiological phenomenon that weak subthreshold signals for given sensors (or synapses) can still be detected and transmitted if appropriate noise is added to the input of the sensor. The main objective of this study was to characterize the neurophysiological and behavioral effects during salicylate-induced tinnitus and compare these to the conditions within the trauma model. Our data show, in line with the pharmacokinetics, that hearing thresholds generally increase 2 h after salicylate injections. This increase was significantly stronger within the region of best hearing compared to other frequencies. Furthermore, animals showed behavioral signs of tinnitus during that time window and frequency range as assessed by gap prepulse inhibition of the acoustic startle reflex (GPIAS). In contrast to animals with noise trauma-induced tinnitus, salicylate-induced tinnitus animals showed no correlation between hearing thresholds and behavioral signs of tinnitus, indicating that the development of tinnitus after salicylate injection is not based on SR as proposed for the trauma model. In other words, salicylate-induced tinnitus and noise trauma-induced tinnitus are not based on the same neurophysiological mechanism.
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- Veralice Lanaia
- Experimental Otolaryngology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Experimental Otolaryngology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Experimental Otolaryngology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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Noreña AJ, Mulders WHAM, Robertson D. Suppression of putative tinnitus-related activity by extra-cochlear electrical stimulation. J Neurophysiol 2015; 113:132-43. [DOI: 10.1152/jn.00580.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Studies on animals have shown that noise-induced hearing loss is followed by an increase of spontaneous firing at several stages of the central auditory system. This central hyperactivity has been suggested to underpin the perception of tinnitus. It was shown that decreasing cochlear activity can abolish the noise-induced central hyperactivity. This latter result further suggests that an approach consisting of reducing cochlear activity may provide a therapeutic avenue for tinnitus. In this context, extra-cochlear electric stimulation (ECES) may be a good candidate to modulate cochlear activity and suppress tinnitus. Indeed, it has been shown that a positive current applied at the round window reduces cochlear nerve activity and can suppress tinnitus reliably in tinnitus subjects. The present study investigates whether ECES with a positive current can abolish the noise-induced central hyperactivity, i.e., the putative tinnitus-related activity. Spontaneous and stimulus-evoked neural activity before, during and after ECES was assessed from single-unit recordings in the inferior colliculus of anesthetized guinea pigs. We found that ECES with positive current significantly decreases the spontaneous firing rate of neurons with high characteristic frequencies, whereas negative current produces the opposite effect. The effects of the ECES are absent or even reversed for neurons with low characteristic frequencies. Importantly, ECES with positive current had only a marginal effect on thresholds and tone-induced activity of collicular neurons, suggesting that the main action of positive current is to modulate the spontaneous firing. Overall, cochlear electrical stimulation may be a viable approach for suppressing some forms of (peripheral-dependent) tinnitus.
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- A. J. Noreña
- Laboratory of Adaptive and Integrative Neuroscience, CNRS, and Aix-Marseille Université, Fédération de Recherche 3C, Marseille, France; and
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- The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
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Park SH, Oh HS, Jeon JH, Lee YJ, Moon IS, Lee WS. Change in tinnitus after treatment of vestibular schwannoma: microsurgery vs. gamma knife radiosurgery. Yonsei Med J 2014; 55:19-24. [PMID: 24339282 PMCID: PMC3874923 DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2014.55.1.19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Tinnitus is a very common symptom of vestibular schwannoma, present in 45 to 80% of patients. We evaluated changes in tinnitus after translabyrinthine microsurgery (TLM) or gamma knife radiosurgery (GKS). MATERIALS AND METHODS Among 78 patients with vestibular schwannoma who underwent TLM or GKS at Severance Hospital from 2009-2012, 46 patients with pre- or postoperative tinnitus who agreed to participate were enrolled. Pure tone audiometry, tinnitus handicap inventory (THI), visual analogue scale (VAS) scores for loudness, awareness, and annoyance were measured before and after treatment. Changes of THI and VAS were analysed and compared according to treatment modality, tumour volume, and preoperative residual hearing. RESULTS In the TLM group (n=27), vestibulocochlear nerves were definitely cut. There was a higher rate of tinnitus improvement in TLM group (52%) than GKS group (16%, p=0.016). The GKS group had a significantly higher rate of tinnitus worsening (74%) than TLM group (11%, p<0.001). Mean scores of THI and VAS scores significantly decreased in the TLM group in contrast to significant increases in the GKS group. Tumor volume and preoperative hearing did not affect the changes in THI or VAS. CONCLUSION GKS can save vestibulocochlear nerve continuity but may damage the cochlea, cochlear nerve and can cause worsening tinnitus. In cases where hearing preservation is not intended, microsurgery with vestibulocochlear neurectomy during tumor removal can sometimes relieve or prevent tinnitus.
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- Soon Hyung Park
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-752, Korea.
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Noreña AJ, Farley BJ. Tinnitus-related neural activity: Theories of generation, propagation, and centralization. Hear Res 2013; 295:161-71. [DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2012.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2012] [Revised: 09/23/2012] [Accepted: 09/26/2012] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Prognosis of tinnitus after acoustic neuroma surgery--surgical management of postoperative tinnitus. World Neurosurg 2012; 81:357-67. [PMID: 23022637 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2012.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2012] [Revised: 08/03/2012] [Accepted: 09/14/2012] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Tinnitus is a bothersome symptom for patients with acoustic neuroma. We studied the possibility of surgical control of postoperative tinnitus associated with acoustic neuroma. METHODS Postoperative changes and prognosis of tinnitus were studied in 367 patients treated surgically via a lateral suboccipital retrosigmoid approach. RESULTS Postoperative prognosis of tinnitus was as follows: resolved in 20%, improved in 22%, unchanged in 35%, changed in 10%, and worsened in 14% of 290 patients who had preoperative tinnitus, and no tinnitus in 78% and appeared in 22% of 77 patients without preoperative tinnitus. Prognosis of postoperative tinnitus was influenced by age, tumor size, preoperative hearing acuity, types of preoperative hearing disturbance, and conditions of the cochlear nerve after tumor resection. Worse prognosis of postoperative tinnitus in the preoperative tinnitus group was found in younger patients, smaller tumor size, better preoperative hearing function, and normal or retrocochlear type of hearing disturbance. Regarding the conditions of the cochlear nerve after tumor resection, prognosis of tinnitus was significantly worse in the group of anatomically preserved cochlear nerve without useful hearing than in the group of cut cochlear nerve. CONCLUSIONS Deciding whether to cut the cochlear nerve during acoustic neuroma surgery by referring to a flowchart, we proposed in cases where hearing preservation is not intended or judged less possible contributes to controlling postoperative tinnitus. However, regardless of whether the cochlear nerve was cut intraoperatively, tinnitus remained unchanged in 37% of patients, suggesting that their tinnitus originates in the brainstem or post-brainstem pathways before surgery, and it is considered difficult to control postoperative tinnitus in these cases.
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Noreña AJ. Stimulating the Auditory System to Treat Tinnitus: From Alleviating the Symptoms to Addressing the Causes. SPRINGER HANDBOOK OF AUDITORY RESEARCH 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-3728-4_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Kanzaki J, Satoh A, Kunihiro T. Does hearing preservation surgery for acoustic neuromas affect tinnitus? Skull Base Surg 2011; 9:169-76. [PMID: 17171086 PMCID: PMC1656729 DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1058143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Questionnaires returned from 202 patients who had undergone acoustic neuroma resection were analyzed with special reference to the effect on tinnitus of surgery that attempted to preserve hearing versus surgery that did not. We also examined the relationship between postoperative hearing and tinnitus following surgery to preserve hearing (103 patients, HP group). The incidence of preoperative tinnitus in the HP group was 78.6%; postoperatively it increased to 89.3% (p = 0.0367). The remaining 99 patients (non-HP) underwent labyrinthectomy during tumor resection. In this group tinnitus occurred in 72.7% preoperatively and in 67.3% postoperatively (p = 0.4097). Our findings show that when tinnitus was absent preoperatively, 85% of the HP group developed it postoperatively compared to 31% of patients in the non-HP group. The outcome of surgery to preserve hearing had no bearing on the loudness or annoyance of postoperative tinnitus. Although postoperative tinnitus is tolerable to most patients, they must be informed prior to surgery about its possible occurrence or worsening, especially if the goal is to preserve hearing.
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Noreña AJ. An integrative model of tinnitus based on a central gain controlling neural sensitivity. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2011; 35:1089-109. [PMID: 21094182 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2010.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 285] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2010] [Revised: 10/20/2010] [Accepted: 11/12/2010] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Cerebellopontine angle tumors are uncommon lesions that can potentially be cured by microsurgical removal. The primary objective of the surgical treatment differs between vestibular schwannoma and meningioma. This feature may be influenced by the site of tumor origin and displacement of neurovascular structures as well as by their different tumor biology. METHODS A review of the current literature was conducted. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS Relevant cranial nerves and vascular involvement as well as anatomical location with respect to the cerebellopontine angle are discussed for vestibular schwannoma and meningioma. The main factors influencing the surgical outcome are outlined with special reference to facial and cochlear nerve function and cerebrospinal fluid leakage. The retrosigmoid approach offers a comparable success rate for hearing conservation and probably a superior outcome in terms of facial nerve function when compared with the middle fossa approach. The intrameatal limitations of the retrosigmoid approach can be excluded by the intraoperative assistance of an endoscope. The advantages of endoscope-assisted surgery may include improved visualization of relevant structures, more complete tumor removal, and a lowered risk of cerebrospinal fluid leakage.
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- B Schaller
- Klinik für Schädel-, Kiefer- und Gesichtschirurgie, Universitätsspital, Inselspital, Bern.
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Baguley DM, Axon P, Winter IM, Moffat DA. The effect of vestibular nerve section upon tinnitus. CLINICAL OTOLARYNGOLOGY AND ALLIED SCIENCES 2002; 27:219-26. [PMID: 12169120 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.2002.00566.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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This paper reviews the published evidence regarding the effect of vestibular nerve section upon tinnitus. This is of relevance not only for those performing and undergoing this procedure, but also for those considering the hypothesis that auditory efferent system dysfunction may be influential in tinnitus perception. The auditory medial efferent fibres within the internal auditory canal run within the inferior vestibular nerve, only joining the cochlear nerve at the anastomosis of Oort, a bundle of 1300 fibres running from the saccular branch of the inferior vestibular nerve to the cochlear nerve. Vestibular nerve section procedures therefore section this efferent olivocochlear pathway, and ablate efferent influence upon that cochlear. If auditory efferent dysfunction is involved in tinnitus perception, this ablation might influence the tinnitus status of that patient. A literature search identified 18 papers mentioning tinnitus status after vestibular nerve section, describing the experiences of a total of 1318 patients. The proportion of patients in whom tinnitus was said to be exacerbated postoperatively ranged from 0% to 60%, with a mean of 16.4% (standard deviation 14.0). The proportion of patients in whom tinnitus was unchanged was 17% to 72% (mean 38.5%, standard deviation 15.6), and in whom tinnitus was said to be improved was 6% to 61% (mean 37.2%, standard deviation 15.2). In the majority of patients undergoing this procedure, ablation of auditory efferent input (and thus total efferent dysfunction) to the cochlea was not associated with an exacerbation of tinnitus. The finding of this review is that efferent dysfunction after vestibular nerve section does not consistently worsen tinnitus.
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- D M Baguley
- Department of Audiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
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Tinnitus is a common otologic symptom secondary to numerous etiologies, such as noise exposure, otitis, Meniere's disease, otosclerosis, trauma, medications, and presbycusis. A thorough evaluation is necessary to rule out less common causes, which may include acoustic neuromas, glomus tumors, atherosclerosis of the carotid arteries, arteriovenous fistulae (AVFs), arteriovenous fistulae malformations (AVMs), and intracranial hypertension. Treating physicians need to have a very compassionate attitude towards these patients, and statements such as "there is nothing that can be done" are very inappropriate and should be strongly condemned. Reassurance, hearing aids, masking devices, retraining methods, antidepressants, intratympanic medications, and management of underlying pathologies such as carotid artery atherosclerosis, skull base tumors, intracranial hypertension, and AVMs/AVFs provide relief for the majority of these patients.
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- A Sismanis
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University, 1201 E. Marshall Street, Suite 401, Richmond, VA 23298, USA.
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Parnes SM. Current concepts in the clinical management of patients with tinnitus. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 1998; 254:406-9. [PMID: 9438106 DOI: 10.1007/bf02439968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The current management in tinnitus of sensorineural origin is reviewed. Epidemiological data demonstrates that 90% of patients with hearing loss experience some tinnitus. Approximately 1% of the population suffer from a chronic tinnitus that causes severe distress and requires some type of management intervention. Present non-surgical therapies include masking techniques, psychological counseling, and biofeedback. There are also a number of drugs that have been applied, the most common being antidepressants. These have had the most success in managing patients with tinnitus, although it is currently felt that antidepressants treat underlying psychological problems rather than directly affect the tinnitus. The other large class of drugs include benzodiazopans, in addition to a new synthetic analog of a natural prostaglandin E1, misoprostol. Despite the many drugs now available, none has been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of tinnitus. Many surgical therapies have been advocated but are directed towards the treatment of concurrent vertigo or for tumors of the cerebellopontine angle, with tinnitus sometimes being relieved by the operation. Specific surgical procedures such as cochlear resection and microvascular decompressions lack clear-cut efficacy. Despite author bias and a myriad of treatment modalities at present, there is still no specific therapy that definitively relieves tinnitus clinically.
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- S M Parnes
- Division of Otolaryngology, Albany Medical College, NY 12208, USA
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Eighth nerve sections have been performed to control debilitating tinnitus, with various success rates (45% to 76%). Patients with a unilateral profound sensorineural hearing loss and disabling tinnitus perceived in that ear are candidates for such surgery. The concept of a selective cochlear neurectomy with preservation of the vestibular nerve is introduced with two case presentations. The indications for surgery, surgical technique, and results are described. Advantages of preserving the vestibular nerve fibers include the lack of postoperative vertigo and disequilibrium and thus a shorter length of hospital stay, and the conservation of a symmetric vestibular input, obviating the lengthy compensation process that might otherwise be needed, particularly in the elderly. A selective cochlear neurectomy for the control of debilitating tinnitus has proven to be successful in controlling tinnitus in the two patients presented, with the added advantage of preservation of their vestibular function. Further controlled studies are necessary to confirm the advantages and effectiveness of this technique.
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- J J Wazen
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10032, USA
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Harcourt J, Thomsen J, Tos M. Translabyrinthine vestibular schwannoma surgery: postoperative tinnitus and cochlear nerve integrity. Auris Nasus Larynx 1997; 24:21-6. [PMID: 9148723 DOI: 10.1016/s0385-8146(96)00040-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Cochlear neurectomy as a surgical treatment for tinnitus is known to be only partially successful in many conditions. Translabyrinthine surgery for acoustic neuromas may be performed using a dissection technique which preserves an 'anterior curtain' which helps to protect the facial nerve. The cochlear nerve may be retained within this tissue though it can be cut during the dissection. To assess whether its integrity affects tinnitus the video recordings of 117 patients undergoing this operation were reviewed to grade the likelihood of the cochlear nerve having been retained intact. A postal questionnaire, with a response rate of 83%, was used to assess tinnitus. Patients who had a probable or definite nerve section had significantly lower postoperative tinnitus severity. The same relationship was found when patients were matched for tumour size and preoperative tinnitus. This procedure could act as a model for the effect of cochlear neurectomy on tinnitus associated with acoustic neuromas in a prospective trial.
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- J Harcourt
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Gentofte University Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark
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Goel A, Sekhar LN, Langheinrich W, Kamerer D, Hirsch B. Late course of preserved hearing and tinnitus after acoustic neurilemoma surgery. J Neurosurg 1992; 77:685-9. [PMID: 1403107 DOI: 10.3171/jns.1992.77.5.0685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The late course of preserved hearing and tinnitus following retrosigmoid transmeatal surgery for acoustic neurilemoma is reported. Over a period of 5 years, useful hearing was preserved in 15 patients after preservation was attempted in 42 patients. In five patients the hearing was better than the preoperative level; in three it was worse. Three patients developed delayed worsening and fluctuations of hearing in the surgically treated ear during a median follow-up period of 2 1/2 years. While the exact reason for such worsening was not clear in two patients, in one patient it appeared that the muscle graft placed in the internal auditory canal after tumor resection resulted in fibrosis and compromise of the cochlear nerve. The causes of delayed worsening of hearing in the absence of tumor recurrence are analyzed, and possible treatment and methods of prevention of worsening are suggested. In six patients, tinnitus persisted after surgery in the ear with successful preservation of hearing, but hearing was not worsened and the tinnitus was not bothersome to the patient. In one patient with preoperative tinnitus, hearing was not preserved and tinnitus persisted sufficiently to necessitate reexploration and cochlear nerve section.
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- A Goel
- Department of Neurological Surgery, Presbyterian University Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Phantom auditory perception--tinnitus--is a symptom of many pathologies. Although there are a number of theories postulating certain mechanisms of its generation, none have been proven yet. This paper analyses the phenomenon of tinnitus from the point of view of general neurophysiology. Existing theories and their extrapolation are presented, together with some new potential mechanisms of tinnitus generation, encompassing the involvement of calcium and calcium channels in cochlear function, with implications for malfunction and aging of the auditory and vestibular systems. It is hypothesized that most tinnitus results from the perception of abnormal activity, defined as activity which cannot be induced by any combination of external sounds. Moreover, it is hypothesized that signal recognition and classification circuits, working on holographic or neuronal network-like representation, are involved in the perception of tinnitus and are subject to plastic modification. Furthermore, it is proposed that all levels of the nervous system, to varying degrees, are involved in tinnitus manifestation. These concepts are used to unravel the inexplicable, unique features of tinnitus and its masking. Some clinical implications of these theories are suggested.
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- P J Jastreboff
- Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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Silverstein H, Smouha E, Jones R. New microsurgical instruments for retrosigmoid posterior fossa internal auditory canal surgery. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1988; 98:262-5. [PMID: 3127792 DOI: 10.1177/019459988809800317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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