Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngoll00:1991

TINNITUS SUPPRESSION BY COCHLEAR IMPLANTS WILLIAM S. McKERROW, MD, FRCS INVERNESS, SCOTLAND

CHRISTOPH

E. SCHREINER, PHD, MD

RUSSELL

L. SNYDER, PHD

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL M. MERZENICH, PHD

JOSEPH G. TONER, MD, FRCS

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND

The beneficial effects of cochlear implants on tinnitus have been noted in several studies, but few detailed appraisals of the phenomenon have been made. Six patients fitted with the UCSF/Storz cochlear implant devic~ were st~died. ~he effects of ~se of t?e im~lan.t device on tinnitus were monitored, and suppression of tinnitus was tracked throughout periods of stimulation and poststimulation. Tinnitus was effectively suppressed in five of six patients with the device on and with noise input, an~ reductio.n of p~rceived tinnitus loudn~ o

Tinnitus suppression by cochlear implants.

The beneficial effects of cochlear implants on tinnitus have been noted in several studies, but few detailed appraisals of the phenomenon have been ma...
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