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Neuropsychiatric Aspects of Tinnitus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2025

Salvatore V. Ambrosino
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Because tinnitus is often associated with hearing loss, one could consider its experience as a compounded stress. According to Selye (1956) stress has been described as the ‘rate of wear and tear in the body associated with feelings’ that can be as subjective as the responses to pain and pruritus. In his Stress Syndrome or a General Adaptation Syndrome, Selye stressed homeostatis as the goal of the stages of alarm, resistance, and exhaustion. Selye emphasized that ‘stress is not necessarily morbid, could be curative and associated with changes in structure and in chemistry with the body’ attempting to adapt against the stress. Tinnitus is a stress.

Tinnitus is a noise in the ear with subjective and objective qualities. It can occur normally in everyone, being invariably transient, without untoward emotional or physical effects. Tinnitus has been described as a buzzing, roaring, hissing, or grinding type of noise, located unilaterally or bilaterally.

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Session IV—Treatment (Moderator: Jack L. Pulec)
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 95 , Issue S4: Proceedings of the First International Tinnitus Seminar (New York, 8-9 June, 1979) , September 1981 , pp. 169 - 172
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1981

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