Hearing Abilities at Ultra-High Frequency in Patients with Tinnitus
- Hyun Joon Shim
- Sun Ki Kim
- Chul Ho Park
- Sung Hee Lee
- Sang Won Yoon
- A Ram Ki
- Dae Han Chung
- Seung Geun Yeo
DOIAbstract
ObjectivesTo compare tinnitus patients who have normal hearing between 250 Hz and 8 kHz with normal controls with regard to the ability of each group to hear extended high-frequency pure tone thresholds.MethodsWe enrolled 18 tinnitus patients, each of whom had a threshold of HL <25 dB and threshold differences of <10 dB between ears at frequencies of 250 and 500 Hz and 1, 2, 4, and 8 kHz. We also enrolled age- and gender-matched normal volunteers (10 ears), for each patient. Extended high frequency pure tone audiometry was performed, and the mean hearing thresholds at 10, 12, 14, and 16 kHz of each tinnitus ear were compared with those of the 10 age- and sex-matched normal ears.ResultsOf the 18 patients with tinnitus, 12 had significantly i...
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