The Effect of Physical Therapy Treatment in Patients with Subjective Tinnitus: A Systematic Review

Sarah Michiels et al. The central auditory system has many entries. The first prominent entry is the ear. The second prominent entry is the neck and the jaw. Abnormal nervous activity from these body parts can also have an effect on the auditory system and can trigger or influence tinnitus. Physical therapy can help in this case - but systematic research on it is poor. Michiels and colleagues summarize the current state at https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2016.00545/full

Thanks to all of you for your curiosity, imagination, and dedication that gives hope to the many million people with tinnitus in the world. We wish you and your loved ones a wonderful holiday season. Take the time to relax in order to have a healthy and energetic start into the New Year 2018!

Genetics of Tinnitus: An Emerging Area for Molecular Diagnosis and Drug Development

Antonio Lopez-Escamez et al. There is almost no knowledge at all about the genetics of tinnitus. A very ambitious team of geneticists in the TINNET consortium wants to change this. They have a vision and they have a plan. Read more about their roadmap for a better understanding on the genetics of Tinnitus at http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnins.2016.00377/full

Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Treatment of Somatosensory Tinnitus. A Scoping Review

Haúla Haider et al. If you can modulate your tinnitus by physical contact or movement, then you might have somatosensory tinnitus. Haúla Haider and colleagues present an overview of the know facts about somatosensory tinnitus at https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2017.00207/full

10 Hz Amplitude Modulated Sounds Induce Short-Term Tinnitus Suppression

Patrick Neff et al. Amplitude modulated sounds can be used to suppress tinnitus or a short amount of time. Neff et al investigated this phenomenon in order to better understand the underlying mechanisms.

In order to read the full article go to https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnagi.2017.00130/full

Thomas Probst et al: Does Tinnitus Depend on Time-of-Day? An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study with the "TrackyourTinnitus"-Application

The authors analyzed a large data set that has been collected with the TrackYourTinnitus smartphone app. For the majority of tinnitus sufferers, their tinnitus is loudest in early morning hours and during night. See more details here http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnagi.2017.00253/full

Alain Londero et al. A Case of Acoustic Shock with Post-trauma Trigeminal-Autonomic Activation

In this article, the group around Alain Londero presents a complicated case of Tinnitus. Many details can be learnt from this case - and it is an excellent presentation of an interesting single case. For more details see  http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2017.00420/full

A research team headed by Prof. Myra Spiliopoulou, University of Magdeburg, Germany, was awarded the second price in the "best paper award" at the ICBHI 2017, 18-21 November 2017 in Thessaloniki, Greece - "Patient Empowerment through summarization of discussion threads on treatments in a patient self-help forum”