Schlee, Winfried and Kleinjung, Tobias and Hiller, Wolfgang and Goebel, Gerhard and Kolassa, Iris-Tatjana and Langguth, Berthold (2011) Does Tinnitus Distress Depend on Age of Onset? PLOS ONE, 6 (11): e27379. ISSN 1932-6203,
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Objectives: Tinnitus is the perception of a sound in the absence of any physical source of it. About 5-15% of the population report hearing such a tinnitus and about 1-2% suffer from their tinnitus leading to anxiety, sleep disorders or depression. It is currently not completely understood why some people feel distressed by their tinnitus, while others don't. Several studies indicate that the amount of tinnitus distress is associated with many factors including comorbid anxiety, comorbid depression, personality, the psychosocial situation, the amount of the related hearing loss and the loudness of the tinnitus. Furthermore, theoretical considerations suggest an impact of the age at tinnitus onset influencing tinnitus distress. Methods: Based on a sample of 755 normal hearing tinnitus patients we tested this assumption. All participants answered a questionnaire on the amount of tinnitus distress together with a large variety of clinical and demographic data. Results: Patients with an earlier onset of tinnitus suffer significantly less than patients with an onset later in life. Furthermore, patients with a later onset of tinnitus describe their course of tinnitus distress as more abrupt and distressing right from the beginning. Conclusion: We argue that a decline of compensatory brain plasticity in older age accounts for this age-dependent tinnitus decompensation.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; HEARING-LOSS; PLASTICITY; COGNITION; ANNOYANCE; SEVERITY; LOUDNESS; TQ; |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie Medicine > Zentren des Universitätsklinikums Regensburg > Tinnituszentrum |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 26 May 2020 13:56 |
| Last Modified: | 26 May 2020 13:56 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/19807 |
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