title: Central auditory speech test findings in individuals with subjective idiopathic tinnitus.
abstract: This study reports central auditory speech test performance of 25 consecutive patients with subjective idiopathic tinnitus of the severe disabling type. A preliminary study of 14 individuals who had subjective idiopathic tinnitus and complained of difficulty in hearing and understanding revealed a high incidence of abnormal central auditory speech test performance (71%), despite satisfactory peripheral hearing. The results (1) identify objectively for the first time that tinnitus affects specific components of the auditory pathway; (2) provide a basis for monitoring methods of tinnitus control; and (3) provide a basis for understanding "the interference effect" and problem of communication difficulties in patients with tinnitus of the severe disabling type.
authors.affiliation: Martha Entenmann Tinnitus Research Center, Inc., State University of New York Health Sciences Center at Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA.
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authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Goldstein
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shulman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001299:Audiometry; D001304:Auditory Diseases, Central / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013063:Speech Discrimination Tests; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000175:diagnosis*