Evidence regarding the mechanism of tinnitus in patients with normal full-frequency hearing remains limited. This study investigated the auditory brainstem response (ABR) waveform patterns in these patients to address this unmet need, which is of considerable assistance in the clinical management of tinnitus with normal hearing.ObjectiveThis study aims to investigate the potential underlying mechanisms of tinnitus...
No actionable change yet; the proposed trigeminal-middle ear muscle mechanism for ABR alterations in tinnitus is speculative and needs prospective controlled replication before influencing diagnostic protocols.
Identifying a neurophysiological mechanism linking middle ear muscle activity and tinnitus in normal-audiogram patients could open new diagnostic and therapeutic targets for a notoriously difficult-to-treat condition.
- 01ABR waveform abnormalities were found in tinnitus patients with otherwise normal full-frequency hearing.