Incidence of tinnitus in mp3 player users.

Unlabelled: Exposure to loud noise is one of the main causes of tinnitus.

Aim: To analyze the incidence of tinnitus in mp3 player users and non-users.

Material And Method: One hundred subjects aged from 15 to 30 years were enrolled, 54 of them were regular mp3 player users and 46 were not.

Correlation analysis of hearing thresholds, validated questionnaires and psychoacoustic measurements in tinnitus patients.

Unlabelled: One of the most criticized points in tinnitus clinical studies arise from the lack of consensus about measurement methods.

Aim: To evaluate the correlation between audiometric thresholds, pitch matching (PM), minimum masking level (MML), Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI) and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) in tinnitus patients.

Study Design: Prospective, cross-sectional.

Tinnitus treatment with piribedil guided by electrocochleography and acoustic otoemissions.

Introduction: Tinnitus is a frequent disorder and very difficult to treat. Both animal studies and clinical observations suggest that dopaminergic substances might have potential for the treatment of tinnitus. Here, we investigated the dopamine agonist piribedil for the treatment of chronic tinnitus.

Tinnitus treatment with memantine.

Objective: To evaluate efficacy and safety of memantine in the treatment of tinnitus.

Study Design: Prospective, randomized, double-blind crossover study.

Subjects And Methods: A total of 60 patients with tinnitus were randomized into a double-blind, placebo-controlled, prospective crossover study.

A critical analysis of tinnitus measuring methods.

Unlabelled: One of the main factors that make tinnitus treatment so difficult is the subjectivity of measuring methods and therapeutic monitoring.

Database: Our aim, in this study, is to make a critical analysis of tinnitus measuring methods.

Conclusion: There is no consensus about tinnitus measuring methods, causing criticism in the methodology used in many papers.