Somatosensory Tinnitus: Correlation between Cranio-Cervico-Mandibular Disorder History and Somatic Modulation.

In a subpopulation of patients, tinnitus can be modulated by movements of the jaw or head and neck due to complex somatosensory-auditory interactions. In some of these subjects, tinnitus could be related to an underlying temporomandibular (TMJ) or craniocervical (NECK) dysfunction that, if correctly identified, could streamline treatment and increase chances of tinnitus improvement. However, it is still unclear whether somatic modulation of tinnitus could be used as a screening tool for identifying such patients.

Relationship between hearing function and myasthenia gravis: A contemporary review.

There is increasing evidence of a connection between hearing function and myasthenia gravis (MG). Studies of the pathophysiological basis of this relationship suggest that acetylcholine receptors (AChRs) on outer hair cells (OHCs) play a central role. In patients with MG, autoantibodies against AChRs induce a progressive loss of AChRs on OHCs, decreasing their electromotility.

Tinnitus Holistic Simplified Classification (THoSC): A New Assessment for Subjective Tinnitus, With Diagnostic and Therapeutic Implications.

Objective: One of the most debated topics in tinnitus is its standard and practical classification. The most popular classification distinguishes subjective from objective tinnitus. Other classifications are based on different features.

A brain centred view of psychiatric comorbidity in tinnitus: from otology to hodology.

Introduction. Comorbid psychiatric disorders are frequent among patients affected by tinnitus. There are mutual clinical influences between tinnitus and psychiatric disorders, as well as neurobiological relations based on partially overlapping hodological and neuroplastic phenomena.

Tinnitus: clinical experience of the psychosomatic connection.

Background: The connection between psychopathology and tinnitus is complex and not adequately studied. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between tinnitus and psychiatric comorbidities from different points of view: categorical, dimensional, temperamental, and perceived stress level.

Methods: Two hundred and thirty-nine patients affected by tinnitus were recruited between January and October 2012.

Audiological and radiological characteristics of a family with T961G mitochondrial mutation.

Objective: The aim of this study was to describe audiological and radiological characteristics, and other secondary aspects, in a family carrying a T961G mutation in the 12S rRNA mitochondrial gene.

Design: Case report.

Study Sample: Six members of a family participated in an audiological evaluation that included pure-tone audiometry, immittance tests, auditory brainstem responses (ABR), and otoacoustic emissions (OAE).

Modifications of auditory brainstem responses (ABR): observations in full-term and pre-term newborns.

Objective: In this study, we have evaluated by means of auditory brainstem responses (ABR), in a population derived from a newborn hearing screening protocol, some aspects of maturation of the auditory pathways in the first months after birth, and the possible repercussions on early treatment.

Materials And Methods: In this retrospective study newborns were recruited through our hearing screening program, and an ABR evaluation was performed on 339 newborns, that had risk factors or had failed the screening, or both. Such population was divided in two groups for statistical analysis purposes: full-term and pre-term.

Temperature-dependent auditory neuropathy: is it an acoustic Uhthoff-like phenomenon? A case report.

Objectives: We describe the case of a young girl in whom transient deafness occurred when her core body temperature rose.

Methods: The patient was referred for a series of audiological and neurologic evaluations performed over time in both afebrile and febrile states, as well as after a stress test (with a treadmill) in which the body temperature rise simulated the febrile state.

Results: The patient was found to have a temporary bilateral hearing loss, but had normal distortion product otoacoustic emissions.