Postgraduate Program in Health Sciences of the University of Brasília (UnB), Brasília, Federal District, Brazil.
Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2023 Apr 1;31(2):155-157. doi: 10.1097/MOO.0000000000000874. Epub 2023 Jan 31.
To evaluate whether cochlear implantation can mitigate tinnitus perception and its discomfort among patients with severe-to-profound hearing loss, in order to provide an answer on a possible treatment for a health condition with high prevalence and impact on quality of life.
Tinnitus can develop after peripheral hearing loss and is associated with altered auditory processing. It does not only involve auditory structures but also aberrant neural activity and interaction with other regions of the Central Nervous System associated with emotion, attention, anguish, memory and motor activity.
Recent studies investigated the changes in tinnitus perception among patients who underwent cochlear implantation and demonstrated a postoperative decrease. Hence, patients with severe-to-profound sensorineural hearing loss and tinnitus are likely to benefit from cochlear implantation.
评估人工耳蜗植入术是否可以减轻重度至极重度听力损失患者的耳鸣感知及其不适，以期为一种高患病率且对生活质量有重大影响的疾病提供一种可能的治疗方法。
耳鸣可在外周听力损失后发生，并与听觉处理改变有关。它不仅涉及听觉结构，还涉及异常的神经活动以及与情绪、注意力、痛苦、记忆和运动活动相关的中枢神经系统其他区域的相互作用。
最近的研究调查了接受人工耳蜗植入术的患者的耳鸣感知变化，结果表明术后有下降。因此，患有重度至极重度感音神经性听力损失和耳鸣的患者可能受益于人工耳蜗植入术。
