Somatosensory Pulsatile Tinnitus Syndrome: Somatic Testing Identifies a Pulsatile Tinnitus Subtype That Implicates the Somatosensory System

Trends in Amplification

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 242-253

  Levine, Robert Aaron ^a   Nam, Eui Cheol ^a,b   Melcher, Jennifer ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b Kangwon National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

cochlear nucleus; pulsatile; somatosensory; tinnitus

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; JAW MUSCLE; LOUDNESS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NECK MUSCLE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; SOMATOSENSORY PULSATILE TINNITUS SYNDROME; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; TINNITUS;

AGED; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNDROME; TINNITUS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 49349108949     PISSN: 10847138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1084713808321185     Document Type: Article

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