The University Hospital Zurich and the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy of the University of Regensburg have been working closely together for years. From this collaboration, two new papers have been published dealing with different treatment approaches in tinnitus.

Guentensperger et al Hindawi Neuroplasticity Vol 2019: Investigating the Efficiacy of an Individualized Alpha/Delta Neurofeedback Protocol in the Treatment of Chronic Tinnitus

First attempts have shown that the application of alpha / delta neurofeedback in the treatment of chronic tinnitus leads to a reduction of symptoms at the group level. However, recent research also suggests that chronic tinnitus is a decidedly heterogeneous phenomenon, one that requires treatment of distinct subgroups or even on an individual level. Thus, the purpose of this study was to evaluate an individually adjusted alpha/delta neurofeedback protocol read the whole article

Neff et al Trends Hear. 2019 Jan-Dec;23: Comparison of Amplitude Modulated Sounds an Pure Tones at the Tinnitus Frequency: Residual Tinnitus Suppression and Stimulus Evaluation

Recent studies have compared tinnitus suppression, or residual inhibition, between amplitude- and frequency-modulated (AM) sounds and noises or pure tones (PT). Results are indicative, yet inconclusive, of stronger tinnitus suppression of modulated sounds especially near the tinnitus frequency. Systematic comparison of AM sounds at the tinnitus frequency has not yet been studied in depth. The current study therefore aims at further advancing this line of research by contrasting tinnitus suppression profiles of AM and PT sounds at the matched tinnitus frequency read the whole article

Congratulations to Dr Bernard Cohen, Dr Richard Lewis and Dr Jose Antonio Lopez-Escamez, who won the Frontiers Spotlight Award 2018 for their Research Topic Vestibular Contributions to Health and Disease.

Our research topic "Towards and Understanding Tinnitus Heterogeneity", initiated by the COST TINNET action under Winny Schlee, was nevertheless a great success. With 79 articles from a total of 332 authors published on this research topic, we were able to put tinnitus even more in the focus of a broad audience - almost 2.5 million views speak a clear language.

From more than 400 outstanding article collections published in 2017, 10 finalists are now in the running for the 2^nd annual Frontiers Spotlight Award  – and the chance to win US $100,000 to organize an international conference on their topic’s field. Our research topic "Towards an Understanding of Tinnitus Heterogeneity" is one of the finalists!

Published as Frontiers Research Topics, these shortlisted article collections each address a globally important field of research with the potential to drastically impact our future — from artificial intelligence to better health to sustainable agriculture. They bring together the latest, cutting-edge research to advance their fields, present new solutions – including to address the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals – and foster essential, large-scale collaborations across multiple disciplines and research groups worldwide. read more...

In order to inform the public about current trends in Tinnitus Research we started our youtube chanel in April 2018 with interviews of some TINNET members, explaining their research topics in short videos (in english and german)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDpd5dU2qI7-sDfIhkEFJgA/videos

In the forefront of the 11th TRI/TINNET Conference 2018, the Management Committee of the COST-TINNET-Action met for its final MC Meeting on March 13th at the Conference Venue in Regensburg. The chair of the Action, Winny Schlee, has drawn a very positive summary of TINNET thanks to the commitment and enthusiasm of the people involved in the action.

Dr. Fédérica Ortelli, the science officer of the TINNET Action at the COST-office in Brussels, commented similar in her short presentation. She thanked the TINNET team for the good cooperation and encouraged the attendees to submit further similar applications under the COST-Program.

Prof. Dr. Tobias Kleinjung, working at University Hospital Zurich, gave an Interview to the german radio channel "Deutschlandfunk".

He talked about cochlea implantation for tinnitus cure in patients with hearing loss or deafness.

Read the Interview in german language or hear the audio data!

Interview

Does tinnitus annoyance depend on moment-to-moment variability of frustration? Preliminary answers from a qualitative study with a model of tinnitus tolerance: 

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnagi.2017.00272/full

Prof. Deborah Hall, Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre Deputy Director, Hearing theme lead and Outcome Measures for Clinical Trials lead, has been awarded a Senior Investigator position with the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). This is in recognition of her outstanding leadership of patient and people-based research within the NIHR Faculty. NIHR Senior Investigators are among the most prominent and prestigious researchers funded by the NIHR and are appointed through annual competitions informed by the advice of an international panel of experts.

For more information please go to https://www.nihr.ac.uk/our-faculty/senior-investigators/