Subtyping Somatic Tinnitus: A Cross-Sectional UK Cohort Study of Demographic, Clinical and Audiological Characteristics

Somatic tinnitus is the ability to modulate the psychoacoustic features of tinnitus by somatic manoeuvres. The condition is still not fully understood and further identification of this subtype is essential, particularly for the purpose of establishing protocols for both its diagnosis and treatment....

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Published in:PloS one 2015-05, Vol.10 (5), p.e0126254-e0126254
Main Authors: Ward, Jamie, Vella, Claire, Hoare, Derek J, Hall, Deborah A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Audiology
Audiometry - methods
Biomedical research
Care and treatment
Cohort analysis
Cohort Studies
Cross-Sectional Studies
Data processing
Demographics
Diagnosis
Female
Hearing loss
Humans
Loudness
Male
Medical research
Meta-Analysis as Topic
Middle Aged
Multivariate analysis
Neurosciences
Otology
Pain
Prevalence
Quantitative psychology
Regression analysis
Severity of Illness Index
Temporomandibular joint
Tinnitus
Tinnitus - diagnosis
Tinnitus - epidemiology
Tinnitus - etiology
United Kingdom - epidemiology
Young Adult
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Summary:Somatic tinnitus is the ability to modulate the psychoacoustic features of tinnitus by somatic manoeuvres. The condition is still not fully understood and further identification of this subtype is essential, particularly for the purpose of establishing protocols for both its diagnosis and treatment. This study aimed to investigate the characteristics of somatic tinnitus within a large UK cohort using a largely unselected sample. We believe this to be relatively unique in comparison to current literature on the topic. This was investigated by using a total of 608 participant assessments from a set of recognised tinnitus and audiology measures. Results from a set of chi-square tests of association found that amongst the individuals with somatic tinnitus, a higher proportion had pulsatile tinnitus (different from heartbeat), were under the age of 40, reported variation in the loudness of their tinnitus and reported temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorder. The same pattern of results was confirmed using a multivariate analysis of the data based on logistic regression. These findings have strong implications towards the profiling of somatic tinnitus as a distinct subtype of general tinnitus.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0126254