Vielsmeier, Veronika and Kleinjung, Tobias and Strutz, Jurgen and Buergers, Ralf and Kreuzer, Peter Michael and Langguth, Berthold (2011) Tinnitus with Temporomandibular Joint Disorders: A Specific Entity of Tinnitus Patients? OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD AND NECK SURGERY, 145 (5). pp. 748-752. ISSN 0194-5998, 1097-6817
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Objective. Tinnitus is frequently associated with temporomandibular joint (TMJ) dysfunction. However, the nature of the relationship is not fully understood. Here the authors compared 30 patients with a confirmed diagnosis of temporomandibular joint dysfunction and tinnitus to a group of 61 patients with tinnitus but without any subjective complaints of TMJ dysfunction with respect to clinical and demographic characteristics. Study Design. Case-control study. Setting. Tertiary referral center. Subjects. Tinnitus patients with and without TMJ dysfunction presenting at the Department of Prosthetic Dentistry and the Tinnitus Clinic at the University of Regensburg. Results. Tinnitus patients with TMJ disorder had better hearing function (P < .0005), lower age (P = .001), and lower age at tinnitus onset (P = .002) and were more frequently female (P = .003). Their subjectively perceived tinnitus loudness was lower (P = .01), and more of them could modulate their tinnitus by jaw or neck movements (P = .001). Conclusion. Classical risk factors for tinnitus (age, male gender, hearing loss) are less relevant in tinnitus patients with TMJ disorder, suggesting a causal role of TMJ pathology in the generation and maintenance of tinnitus. Based on this finding, treatment of TMJ disorder may represent a causally oriented treatment strategy for tinnitus.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | DORSAL COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; STIMULATION; MODULATION; tinnitus; temporomandibular joint; somatic; risk factor; patho-physiology; hearing |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Zahnärztliche Prothetik |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 27 May 2020 10:24 |
| Last Modified: | 27 May 2020 10:24 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/19919 |
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