Tinnitus is a phantom auditory sensation that reduces quality of life for millions of people
worldwide, and for which there is no medical cure. Most cases of tinnitus are associated with …

Tinnitus, sound perception in the absence of physical stimuli, occurs in 15% of the
population and is the top-reported disability for soldiers after combat. Noise overexposure is …

The dorsal cochlear nucleus is the first site of multisensory convergence in mammalian
auditory pathways. Principal output neurons, the fusiform cells, integrate auditory nerve …

Importance Animal models have shown altered dorsal cochlear nucleus circuitry in animals
that develop tinnitus; however, precise treatment using bisensory (auditory and …

Tinnitus is defined as the ringing, hissing, clicking or roaring sounds an individual
consciously perceives in the absence of an external auditory stimulus. Currently, the …

Tinnitus alters auditory–somatosensory plasticity in the cochlear nucleus (CN).
Correspondingly, bimodal auditory–somatosensory stimulation treatment attenuates tinnitus …

Spike-timing-dependent plasticity (STDP) is a form of long-term synaptic plasticity exploiting
the time relationship between postsynaptic action potentials (APs) and EPSPs. Surprisingly …

Introduction: During the last decade, a number of candidate drugs for the treatment of
tinnitus have emerged with the hope of alleviating the burden of millions of sufferers with a …

Objectives Tinnitus is the perception of sound in the absence of an external auditory
stimulus. It is widely believed that tinnitus, in patients with associated hearing loss, is a …

Background Tinnitus is a prevalent condition (> 10% of the population) affecting the quality
of life of 0.5–3% of the population. Although several treatments have been proposed, most of …