An adaptation level theory of tinnitus audibility

Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JUNE 2012, 2012, Pages

  Searchfield, Grant D ^a,b   Kobayashi, Kei ^a   Sanders, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Tinnitus Research Initiative   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation level; Model; Tinnitus; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADAPTATION LEVEL THEORY; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; HEARING; HUMAN; MEMORY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REVIEW; SOUND; THEORY; THERAPY; TINNITUS; TINNITUS SOUND THERAPY;

EID: 84865035005     PISSN: 16625137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2012.00046     Document Type: Review

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