[Study on tinnitus masking--an evaluation of ipsilateral and contralateral masking for tinnitus]. 1991

K Murai, and M Ogasawara, and T Ishikawa, and S Mizutani, and T Tsuiki
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Iwate Medical University, Morioka.

In this study, the tinnitus masking curves measured by the ipsilateral and contralateral masking test were evaluated for the unilateral tinnitus cases of following 4 groups; 40 cases without hearing loss, 22 cases with symmetrical sensorineural hearing loss, 12 cases with unilateral deafness, and 70 cases with unilateral sensorineural hearing loss. Then the characteristics of tinnitus masking curves and central masking phenomenon for tinnitus masking were investigated. Consequently, tinnitus was masked by a masking tone given from nontinnitus ear when it reached at some definite loudness level, in spite of the presence of hearing loss or the degree of hearing loss in tinnitus ear. Then it was suggested to be a influence of central masking phenomenon in the contralateral tinnitus masking.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D010470 Perceptual Masking The interference of one perceptual stimulus with another causing a decrease or lessening in perceptual effectiveness. Masking, Perceptual,Maskings, Perceptual,Perceptual Maskings
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001307 Auditory Perception The process whereby auditory stimuli are selected, organized, and interpreted by the organism. Auditory Processing,Perception, Auditory,Processing, Auditory
D014012 Tinnitus A nonspecific symptom of hearing disorder characterized by the sensation of buzzing, ringing, clicking, pulsations, and other noises in the ear. Objective tinnitus refers to noises generated from within the ear or adjacent structures that can be heard by other individuals. The term subjective tinnitus is used when the sound is audible only to the affected individual. Tinnitus may occur as a manifestation of COCHLEAR DISEASES; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASES; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; and other conditions. Pulsatile Tinnitus,Ringing-Buzzing-Tinnitus,Spontaneous Oto-Acoustic Emission Tinnitus,Tensor Palatini Induced Tinnitus,Tensor Tympani Induced Tinnitus,Tinnitus of Vascular Origin,Tinnitus, Clicking,Tinnitus, Leudet,Tinnitus, Leudet's,Tinnitus, Noise Induced,Tinnitus, Objective,Tinnitus, Spontaneous Oto-Acoustic Emission,Tinnitus, Subjective,Tinnitus, Tensor Palatini Induced,Tinnitus, Tensor Tympani Induced,Vascular Origin Tinnitus,Clicking Tinnitus,Induced Tinnitus, Noise,Leudet Tinnitus,Leudet's Tinnitus,Noise Induced Tinnitus,Objective Tinnitus,Ringing Buzzing Tinnitus,Spontaneous Oto Acoustic Emission Tinnitus,Subjective Tinnitus,Tinnitus, Leudets,Tinnitus, Pulsatile,Tinnitus, Spontaneous Oto Acoustic Emission,Tinnitus, Vascular Origin

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