Comparison of auditory brainstem response results in normal-hearing patients with and without tinnitus

HM Kehrle, RC Granjeiro, ALL Sampaio… - … –Head & Neck …, 2008 - jamanetwork.com
Objective To evaluate electrophysiologically the auditory nerve and the auditory brainstem
function of patients with tinnitus and normal-hearing thresholds using the auditory brainstem
response (ABR). Design Case-control study. Setting Ambulatory section of the Department
of Otolaryngology, Hospital de Base de Brasília. Patients Thirty-seven individuals with
tinnitus and 38 without tinnitus, with ages ranging from 20 to 45 years and pure-tone
thresholds of 25 dB or better at frequencies between 500 and 8000 Hz. Main Outcome …