Audiometric Findings in Patients with Subjective Tinnitus

Ristovska, Lidija; Jachova, Zora; Filipovski, Rade; Atanasova, Nikica

doi:10.31299/hrri.52.1.4

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“…In present study high-pitch whistling was predominant in patients with tonal tinnitus. It was also reported in a previous studies (Ristovska et al, 2016;Crummer, Hassan, 2004;Martines et al, 2010).…”

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Ristovska¹,

Jachova

Stojcheska³

2019

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The aim of the study was to examine the relationship between tinnitus pitch and maximum hearing loss, frequency range of hearing loss, and the edge frequency of the audiogram, as well as, to analyze tinnitus loudness at tinnitus frequency and normal hearing frequency.The study included 212 patients, aged between 21 to 75 years (mean age of 54.4 ± 13.5 years) with chronic subjective tinnitus and sensorineural hearing loss. For the statistical data analysis we used Chisquare test and Fisher's exact test with level of significance p < 0.05.Tinnitus pitch corresponding to the frequency range of hearing loss, maximum hearing loss and the edge frequency was found in 70.8%, 37.3%, and 16.5% of the patients, respectively. The majority of patients had tinnitus pitch from 3000 to 8000 Hz corresponding to the range of hearing loss (p < 0.001). The mean tinnitus pitch was 3545 Hz ± 2482. The majority (66%) of patients had tinnitus loudness 4-7 dB SL. The mean sensation level at tinnitus frequency was 4.9 dB SL ± 1.9, and 13 dB SL ± 2.9 at normal hearing frequency.Tinnitus pitch corresponded to the frequency range of hearing loss in majority of patients. There was no relationship between tinnitus pitch and the edge frequency of the audiogram. Loudness matching outside the tinnitus frequency showed higher sensation level than loudness matching at tinnitus frequency.

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Ristovska¹,

Jachova

Stojcheska³

2019

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“…(2002) also found associated hearing loss of known ethology in almost 90% of tinnitus patients. A more recent study has shown that 91.9% of tinnitus patients had hearing loss at conventional audiometric test frequencies, 125-8000 Hz (Ristovska et al, 2016). In tinnitus patients with normal hearing in conventional audiometry tinnitus may be explained by an extended high frequency (EHF) hearing loss (Rodriguez Valiente et al, 2016).…”

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Extended high frequency hearing thresholds in tinnitus patients with normal hearing

2023

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The aim of the study was to compare the extended high-frequency (EHF) hearing thresholds (10-16 kHz) in tinnitus and non-tinnitus ears, in a group of 98 patients with unilateral tinnitus and normal hearing at standard audiometric frequencies, in a 0.125-8 kHz range. It was found that a total of 65 patients (66%) had a hearing loss (a threshold shift >20 dB HL) in the EHF range and the EHF hearing loss occurred more frequently in the tinnitus ear than in the non-tinnitus ear. The data also indicate that the EHF thresholds increased with the patient's age and were in most patients higher in the tinnitus ear than in the non-tinnitus ear.

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Audiometric Findings in Patients with Subjective Tinnitus

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Extended high frequency hearing thresholds in tinnitus patients with normal hearing

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