title: Gingko biloba (Rökan) therapy in tinnitus patients and measurable interactions between tinnitus and vestibular disturbances.
abstract: Tinnitus is one of the most important symptoms in neurootology after vertigo, nausea, and hearing loss. In most cases, the origin of the tinnitus remains inexplicable. Well-known, however, is that tinnitus may arise in any part of the hearing pathway (i.e., both within the cochlea receptor and in the temporal lobe and projections). Tinnitus also is associated frequently with vertigo, nausea and hearing loss. An age predominance exists, with tinnitus more common among those older than 40 years. From this starting point, a great demand exists today for new ideas and developments in the diagnosis and treatment of tinnitus.
authors.affiliation: University Head Center, Ear, Nose, and Throat Department, Neurotology Unit, 11 Josef-Schneider-St., D-97080, Würzburg, Germany. d.schneider@hno.uni-wuerzburg.de
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shulman
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Claussen
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Just
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Koltchev
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kersebaum
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dehler
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Goldstein
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Claussen
mesh_terms: D001299:Audiometry; D001309:Auditory Threshold / Q000187:drug effects*; D004584:Electronystagmography; D005072:Evoked Potentials, Auditory / Q000187:drug effects; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D005260:Female; D020441:Ginkgo biloba; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008517:Phytotherapy; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D015837:Vestibular Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D000096983:Ginkgo Extract
chemical_list: D010936:Plant Extracts; C063170:Ginkgo biloba extract; D000096983:Ginkgo Extract