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Impairments of Speech Comprehension in Patients with Tinnitus—A Review

Tinnitus describes the subjective perception of a sound despite the absence of external stimulation. Being a sensory symptom the majority of studies focusses on the auditory pathway. In the recent years, a series of studies suggested a crucial involvement of the limbic system in the manifestation an...

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Autores principales: Ivansic, Daniela, Guntinas-Lichius, Orlando, Müller, Boris, Volk, Gerd F., Schneider, Gerlind, Dobel, Christian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5504093/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28744214
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2017.00224
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author Ivansic, Daniela
Guntinas-Lichius, Orlando
Müller, Boris
Volk, Gerd F.
Schneider, Gerlind
Dobel, Christian
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description Tinnitus describes the subjective perception of a sound despite the absence of external stimulation. Being a sensory symptom the majority of studies focusses on the auditory pathway. In the recent years, a series of studies suggested a crucial involvement of the limbic system in the manifestation and development of chronic tinnitus. Regarding cognitive symptoms, several reviews addressed the presence of cognitive impairments in tinnitus as well and concluded that attention and memory processes are affected. Despite the importance for social communication and the reliance on a highly functional auditory system, speech comprehension remains a largely neglected field in tinnitus research. This is why we review here the existing literature on speech and language functions in tinnitus patients. Reviewed studies suggest that speech comprehension is impaired in patients with tinnitus, especially in the presence of competing noise. This is even the case in tinnitus patients with normal hearing thresholds. Additionally, speech comprehension measures seem independent of other measures such as tinnitus severity and perceived tinnitus loudness. According to the majority of authors, the speech comprehension difficulties arise as a result of central processes or dysfunctional neuroplasticity.
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spelling pubmed-55040932017-07-25 Impairments of Speech Comprehension in Patients with Tinnitus—A Review Ivansic, Daniela Guntinas-Lichius, Orlando Müller, Boris Volk, Gerd F. Schneider, Gerlind Dobel, Christian Front Aging Neurosci Neuroscience Tinnitus describes the subjective perception of a sound despite the absence of external stimulation. Being a sensory symptom the majority of studies focusses on the auditory pathway. In the recent years, a series of studies suggested a crucial involvement of the limbic system in the manifestation and development of chronic tinnitus. Regarding cognitive symptoms, several reviews addressed the presence of cognitive impairments in tinnitus as well and concluded that attention and memory processes are affected. Despite the importance for social communication and the reliance on a highly functional auditory system, speech comprehension remains a largely neglected field in tinnitus research. This is why we review here the existing literature on speech and language functions in tinnitus patients. Reviewed studies suggest that speech comprehension is impaired in patients with tinnitus, especially in the presence of competing noise. This is even the case in tinnitus patients with normal hearing thresholds. Additionally, speech comprehension measures seem independent of other measures such as tinnitus severity and perceived tinnitus loudness. According to the majority of authors, the speech comprehension difficulties arise as a result of central processes or dysfunctional neuroplasticity. Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-07-11 /pmc/articles/PMC5504093/ /pubmed/28744214 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2017.00224 Text en Copyright © 2017 Ivansic, Guntinas-Lichius, Müller, Volk, Schneider and Dobel. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Ivansic, Daniela
Guntinas-Lichius, Orlando
Müller, Boris
Volk, Gerd F.
Schneider, Gerlind
Dobel, Christian
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5504093/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28744214
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