title: A Systematic Classification of Tinnitus Generator Mechanisms.
abstract: Largely unknown causes and innumerable assumed mechanisms conceivably could be involved in the generation of tinnitus. Indeed, tinnitus is so complex and so manifold that a systematic classification could prove helpful. Here represented is a systematic classification that is suitable for scientific communication, for explaining tinnitus models to affected patients in the course of tinnitus counseling, and as a basis for rational diagnosis of and therapy for tinnitus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Zenner