Tinnitus: types

Tonal tinnitus

• This is tinnitus associated with hearing problems
• It usually occurs in people with deafness

Non-tonal tinnitus: causes

Gaze-evoked tinnitus (GET)

Typewriter tinnitus

High pitched tinnitus: causes

Loud roaring tinnitus

Pulsatile tinnitus

Indicators of sinister causes of tinnitus

References

1. Bhidayasiri R, Waters MF, Giza CC. Neurological Differential Diagnosis. A Prioritized Approach. Blackwell Publishing Massachusetts 2005 p317.
2. Brazis PW, Masdeu JC, Biller J. Localization in Clinical Neurology. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Philadelphia 2007 p313.
3. Coad ML, Lockwood A, Salvi R, Burkard R. Characteristics of patients with gaze-evoked tinnitus. Otol Neurotol 2001; 22:650-654.
4. Biggs ND, Ramsden RT. Gaze-evoked tinnitus following acoustic neuroma resection: a de-afferentation plasticity phenomenon? Clin Otolaryngol Allied Sci 2002; 27:338-343.
5. Bae YJ, Jeon YJ, Choi BS, Koo JW, Song JJ. The role of MRI in diagnosing neurovascular compression of the cochlear nerve resulting in typewriter tinnitus. Am J Neuroradiol 2017; 38:1212-1217.
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