title: [Bilateral caloric long-term irrigation as a method for the differentiation of tonal tinnitus].
abstract: In 307 subjects with tinnitus aurium, the parameters frequency, loudness, and masking levels did not correlate significantly with the basic diseases. As a new possibility in differentiation between tinnitus of central or peripheral origin, bilateral caloric long-term irrigation of the ear canal is presented. Using warm water leads to an increase, cold water to a decrease in the loudness of tinnitus. Such results were found in cases of Menière's disease and noise-induced hearing loss. An explanation of this phenomenon lies in the hypothesis of tinnitus genesis established by Tonndorf.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002150:Caloric Tests / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008144:Loudness Perception; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010470:Perceptual Masking; D010898:Pitch Perception; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D014724:Vestibular Function Tests / Q000379:methods*
vernacular_title: Die bilaterale kalorische Langzeitspülung als Methode zur Differenzierung des tonalen Tinnitus.