Characteristics of somatic tinnitus patients with and without hyperacusis

Massimo Ralli, Richard J Salvi, Antonio Greco, Rosaria Turchetta, Armando De Virgilio, Giancarlo Altissimi, Giuseppe Attanasio, Giancarlo Cianfrone and Marco de Vincentiis

PLOS ONE, 2017, vol. 12, issue 11, 1-15

Abstract: Objective: Determine if somatic tinnitus patients with hyperacusis have different characteristics from those without hyperacusis. Patients and methods: 172 somatic tinnitus patients with (n = 82) and without (n = 90) hyperacusis referred to the Tinnitus Unit of Sapienza University of Rome between June 2012 and June 2016 were compared for demographic characteristics, tinnitus features, self-administered questionnaire scores, nature of somatic modulation and history. Results: Compared to those without hyperacusis, patients with somatic tinnitus and hyperacusis: (a) were older (43.38 vs 39.12 years, p = 0.05), (b) were more likely to have bilateral tinnitus (67.08% vs 55.56%, p = 0.04), (c) had a higher prevalence of somatic modulation of tinnitus (53.65% vs 36.66%, p = 0.02) and (d) scored significantly worse on tinnitus annoyance (39.34 vs 22.81, p

Date: 2017
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