title: Deep brain stimulation effects in patients with tinnitus.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report deep brain stimulation (DBS) effects in patients with tinnitus.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case series with chart review.
  
  
  METHODS
  Tertiary medical center.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seven patients implanted with DBS systems for movement disorders who also reported having tinnitus were interviewed about their tinnitus conditions. Four were available for testing in a specialized tinnitus clinic with their DBS systems turned off or on. Testing included matching of self-rated and psychoacoustically measured tinnitus loudness to measure the impact of DBS on tinnitus.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Three of the seven patients reported reduced tinnitus loudness when DBS was turned on. Of the four patients tested in the clinic, results indicated that DBS of the ventralis intermedius nucleus of the thalamus caused decreases in tinnitus loudness in two patients with relatively prolonged residual inhibition.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results suggest that DBS of nonauditory thalamus structures may provide tinnitus relief for some patients.
authors: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Oregon Hearing Research Center, Portland, OR 97201, USA.
authors: Yongbing
authors: Y
authors: Shi
authors: Kim J
authors: KJ
authors: Burchiel
authors: Valerie C
authors: VC
authors: Anderson
authors: William Hal
authors: WH
authors: Martin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001299:Audiometry / Q000379:methods; D046690:Deep Brain Stimulation / Q000379:methods*; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008499:Medical Records; D008875:Middle Aged; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000628:therapy; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D020651:Ventral Thalamic Nuclei / Q000601:surgery