Ward Jamie, Vella Claire, Hoare Derek J, Hall Deborah A
School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, BNI 9RH, United Kingdom.
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Nottingham Hearing Biomedical Research Unit, Nottingham, NG1 5DU, United Kingdom; Otology and Hearing group, Division of Clinical Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, United Kingdom.
PLoS One. 2015 May 21;10(5):e0126254. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126254. eCollection 2015.
Somatic tinnitus is the ability to modulate the psychoacoustic features of tinnitus by somatic manoeuvres. The condition is still not fully understood and further identification of this subtype is essential, particularly for the purpose of establishing protocols for both its diagnosis and treatment. This study aimed to investigate the characteristics of somatic tinnitus within a large UK cohort using a largely unselected sample. We believe this to be relatively unique in comparison to current literature on the topic. This was investigated by using a total of 608 participant assessments from a set of recognised tinnitus and audiology measures. Results from a set of chi-square tests of association found that amongst the individuals with somatic tinnitus, a higher proportion had pulsatile tinnitus (different from heartbeat), were under the age of 40, reported variation in the loudness of their tinnitus and reported temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorder. The same pattern of results was confirmed using a multivariate analysis of the data based on logistic regression. These findings have strong implications towards the profiling of somatic tinnitus as a distinct subtype of general tinnitus.
躯体性耳鸣是指通过躯体动作来调节耳鸣心理声学特征的能力。这种情况仍未被完全理解，进一步识别这种亚型至关重要，特别是为了建立其诊断和治疗方案。本研究旨在使用一个基本未经过筛选的样本，调查英国一个大型队列中躯体性耳鸣的特征。我们认为，与目前关于该主题的文献相比，这相对独特。通过使用一组公认的耳鸣和听力学测量方法对总共608名参与者进行评估来对此进行调查。一组卡方关联检验的结果发现，在患有躯体性耳鸣的个体中，有较高比例的人患有搏动性耳鸣（与心跳不同）、年龄在40岁以下、报告耳鸣响度有变化以及报告患有颞下颌关节紊乱症。基于逻辑回归对数据进行多变量分析，证实了相同的结果模式。这些发现对于将躯体性耳鸣作为一般耳鸣的一种独特亚型进行特征描述具有重要意义。
