[Tinnitus and deafness].
The relationships between tinnitus and hearing loss are studied from a clinical prospect. Five critical points are discussed. 1. Some degree of hearing loss is found in the vast majority of tinnitus patients; but an individual may well have a sensorineural hearing loss and no tinnitus at all. 2. A minor adjunction to the neurophysiological model of Jastreboff is proposed to take account of the association between tinnitus and hearing loss. 3. Tinnitus appears to cause more distress when hearing loss is marked. 4. Self-reported hearing loss should be considered when implementing habituation sound therapy. 5. According to McKinney, the rate of success on tinnitus that can be expected with habituation sound therapy is not significantly affected by hearing level.
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Unité d'audiologie, INSERM EMI 99-27, CHU de Bordeaux Université Victor-Segalen-Bordeaux 2 Hôpital Pellegrin.
D001307:Auditory Perception; D003638:Deafness / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology