[The assessment of subjective distress related to hyperacusis with a self-rating questionnaire on hypersensitivity to sound].

Background: So far there has been no adequate measure to assess or illustrate, in terms of different levels, subjective distress related to hypersensitivity to sound.

Method And Patients: The here presented work describes and discusses the construction of a questionnaire to assess subjective distress related to hypersensitivity to sound (GUF). Between May and September 2000 226 patients that experienced suffering from hypersensitivity to sound as well as from chronic tinnitus, completed a first version of the questionnaire on admittance to the hospital.

[Chronic complex tinnitus: therapeutic results of inpatient treatment in a tinnitus clinic].

Background: In-patient treatment of patients with chronic tinnitus is necessary only when these patients have a severe psychosomatic co-morbidity and suffer severely. However this therapeutic approach has to be supervised and evaluated properly.

Methods: We present data and results of 1841 patients suffering from chronic tinnitus.

[Intensive inpatient therapy of auditory processing and perceptual disorders in childhood].

Unlabelled: PRELIMINARY REMARKS: The prevalence of central auditory processing disorders (CAPD) is supposed to be 2-3% of all children. Given the number of affected children and restricted resources in the public health there is a need for an effective and evaluated therapeutic approaches. On the other hand the number of outcome studies is remarkably small.

[Is recurrent loss of low frequency tone perception--without vertigo--a precursor of Meniere disease?].

Purpose: Recurrent low-frequency sensory hearing loss is one characteristic sign of Meniere's disease. It is therefore often assumed to be a prodromal sign of Meniere's disease.

Methods: We report on 81 patients with recurrent low-frequency sensory hearing loss who did not previously suffer from vertigo.