Book chapter
Tinnitus and tinnitus disorder: Theoretical and operational definitions (an international multidisciplinary proposal)
Tinnitus - An Interdisciplinary Approach Towards Individualized Treatment: From Heterogeneity to Personalized Medicine, pp.1-25
Progress in Brain Research, v. 260
2021
DOI: 10.1016/bs.pbr.2020.12.002
PMID: 33637213
Abstract
As for hypertension, chronic pain, epilepsy and other disorders with particular symptoms, a commonly accepted and unambiguous definition provides a common ground for researchers and clinicians to study and treat the problem. The WHOs ICD11 definition only mentions tinnitus as a nonspecific symptom of a hearing disorder, but not as a clinical entity in its own right, and the American Psychiatric Associations DSM-V doesnt mention tinnitus at all. Here we propose that the tinnitus without and with associated suffering should be differentiated by distinct terms: "Tinnitus" for the former and "Tinnitus Disorder" for the latter. The proposed definition then becomes "Tinnitus is the conscious awareness of a tonal or composite noise for which there is no identifiable corresponding external acoustic source, which becomes Tinnitus Disorder "when associated with emotional distress, cognitive dysfunction, and/or autonomic arousal, leading to behavioural changes and functional disability.". In other words "Tinnitus" describes the auditory or sensory component, whereas "Tinnitus Disorder" reflects the auditory component and the associated suffering. Whereas acute tinnitus may be a symptom secondary to a trauma or disease, chronic tinnitus may be considered a primary disorder in its own right. If adopted, this will advance the recognition of tinnitus disorder as a primary health condition in its own right. The capacity to measure the incidence, prevalence, and impact will help in identification of human, financial, and educational needs required to address acute tinnitus as a symptom but chronic tinnitus as a disorder.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Tinnitus and tinnitus disorder: Theoretical and operational definitions (an international multidisciplinary proposal)
- Creators
- Dirk De Ridder - University of OtagoWinfried Schlee - University of RegensburgSven Vanneste - Trinity College DublinAlain Londero - Hop Europeen Georges Pompidou, FranceNathan Weisz - University of SalzburgTobias Kleinjung - University of ZurichGiriraj Singh Shekhawat - University College LondonAna Belen Elgoyhen - Inst Invest Ingn Genet & Biol Mol Dr Hector N Tor, ArgentinaJae-Jin Song - Seoul National University Bundang HospitalGerhard Andersson - Linköping UniversityDivya Adhia - University of OtagoAndreia Aparecida de Azevedo - OTOSUL, BrazilDavid M Baguley - Nottingham University Hospitals NHS TrustEberhard Biesinger - Ctr Otorhinolaryngol, GermanyLuca Del Bo - SRL (Japan)Ana Carolina Binetti - Buenos Aires British Hosp, ArgentinaChristopher R Cederroth - Nottingham University Hospitals NHS TrustRilana Cima - Maastricht UniversityJos J Eggermont - University of CalgaryRicardo Figueiredo - Ctr Univ Valenca, Brazil; OTOSUL, BrazilThomas E Fuller - Maastricht UniversitySilvano Gallus - Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological ResearchAnnick Gilles - University of AntwerpDeborah A Hall - Nottingham University Hospitals NHS TrustPaul Van de Heyning - University of AntwerpDerek J Hoare - University of NottinghamEman M Khedr - Assiut UniversityDimitris Kikidis - National and Kapodistrian University of AthensMaria Kleinstaeuber - University of OtagoPeter M Kreuzer - University of RegensburgJen-Tsung Lai - Kuang Tien Gen Hosp, TaiwanJose Miguel Lainez - Universitat de ValènciaMichael Landgrebe - Kbo Lech Mangfall Kliniken Agatharied, GermanyLieber Po-Hung Li - Cheng Hsin Gen Hosp, TaiwanHubert H Lim - University of MinnesotaTien-Chen Liu - National Taiwan UniversityJose Antonio Lopez-Escamez - Universidad de GranadaBirgit Mazurek - Charité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinAage R Moller - Univ Texas Dallas, TX USAPatrick Neff - University of ZurichChristo Pantev - University of MünsterShi Nae Park - Catholic University of KoreaJay F Piccirillo - Washington University in St. LouisTimm B Poeppl - RWTH Aachen UniversityJosef P Rauschecker - Georgetown UniversityRichard Salvi - University at Buffalo, State University of New YorkTanit Ganz Sanchez - Universidade de São PauloMartin Schecklmann - University of RegensburgAxel Schiller - University of RegensburgGrant D Searchfield - University of AucklandRichard Tyler - Dept Otolaryngol Head & Neck Surg, IA USAVeronika Vielsmeier - University of RegensburgJohan W. S Vlaeyen - KU LeuvenJinsheng Zhang - Wayne State UniversityYiwen Zheng - University of OtagoMatteo de Nora - Tinnitus Res Initiat, GermanyBerthold Langguth - University of Regensburg
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Tinnitus - An Interdisciplinary Approach Towards Individualized Treatment: From Heterogeneity to Personalized Medicine, pp.1-25
- Series
- Progress in Brain Research; v. 260
- DOI
- 10.1016/bs.pbr.2020.12.002
- PMID
- 33637213
- NLM abbreviation
- Prog Brain Res
- ISSN
- 0079-6123
- eISSN
- 1875-7855
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2021
- Academic Unit
- Communication Sciences and Disorders; Otolaryngology
- Record Identifier
- 9984258849702771
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