[Analysis of tinnitus with sudden deafness]

Lin Chuang Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi. 2016 Jul 20;30(14):1113-1117. doi: 10.13201/j.issn.1001-1781.2016.14.005.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

Objective:To explore the pathogenesis of tinnitus.Method:Retrospective analysis of 192 patients with sudden deafness was done with the characteristics.Charactier of tinnitus and the factors that may affect tinnitus.Result:The intense of tinnitus is related with sex,χ²=14.704,P<0.01,and with age increased,the difference was more significant.The intense of tinnitus has not significant difference between age group with 45 years old(χ² =6.515,P>0.05) and the classification of sudden deafness and the degree of hearing loss(χ²=7.783,P>0.05,χ²=17.374,P>0.05).Conclusion:Tinnitus was the protection mechanism of the body,and the intensity was irrelevant to hearing loss.On one hand,there may be different modulate systems between different individual,on the other hand,women over 45 years old were more suffered from the severe tinnitus.

Keywords: physiological tinnitus; protective mechanism; release systems; sudden deafness; tinnitus.

MeSH terms

  • Deafness
  • Female
  • Hearing Loss, Sudden / complications*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Tinnitus / complications*