Classification of Tinnitus: Multiple Causes with the Same Name

Claudia Barros Coelho; Roberto Santos; Kadja Ferraz Campara; Richard Tyler

doi:10.1016/j.otc.2020.03.015

Classification of Tinnitus: Multiple Causes with the Same Name

Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2020 Aug;53(4):515-529. doi: 10.1016/j.otc.2020.03.015. Epub 2020 May 4.

Authors

Claudia Barros Coelho¹, Roberto Santos², Kadja Ferraz Campara², Richard Tyler³

Affiliations

¹ College of Medicine, University of Vale do Taquari-UNIVATES, Center of Medical Sciences, Rua Avelino Talini, 171 - Universitário, Lajeado - RS, 95914-014, Brazil; Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences, University of Vale do Taquari-UNIVATES, Center of Medical Sciences, Rua Avelino Talini, 171 - Universitário, Lajeado - RS, 95914-014, Brazil; Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Drive, 21151 Pomerantz Family Pavilion, Iowa City, IA 52242-1089, USA. Electronic address: claudiabarroscoelho@gmail.com.
² College of Medicine, University of Vale do Taquari-UNIVATES, Center of Medical Sciences, Rua Avelino Talini, 171 - Universitário, Lajeado - RS, 95914-014, Brazil.
³ Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Drive, 21151 Pomerantz Family Pavilion, Iowa City, IA 52242-1089, USA; Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of Iowa, The Wendell Johnson Speech and Hearing Center, 250 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242-1089, USA.

PMID: 32381342
DOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2020.03.015

Abstract

Tinnitus is spoken of as if it were a single thing, but there are many different causes, likely many different mechanisms, and many different subtypes. This article reviews a broad range of approaches to understand and demarcate different tinnitus subtypes, which will be critical for exploring and finding cures for different subtypes.

Keywords: Classification of tinnitus; Hearing loss and tinnitus; Tinnitus causes; Tinnitus subtypes.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Auditory Threshold / physiology
Hearing Loss / complications
Hearing Loss / physiopathology*
Humans
Tinnitus / classification*
Tinnitus / diagnosis*
Tinnitus / etiology