Diseases

Tinnitus

A nonspecific symptom of hearing disorder characterized by the sensation of buzzing, ringing, clicking, pulsations, and other noises in the ear. Objective tinnitus refers to noises generated from within the ear or adjacent structures that can be heard by other individuals. The term subjective tinnitus is used when the sound is audible only to the affected individual. Tinnitus may occur as a manifestation of COCHLEAR DISEASES; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASES; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; and other conditions.

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A nonspecific symptom of hearing disorder characterized by the sensation of buzzing, ringing, clicking, pulsations, and other noises in the ear. Objective tinnitus refers to noises generated from within the ear or adjacent structures that can be heard by other individuals. The term subjective tinnitus is used when the sound is audible only to the affected individual. Tinnitus may occur as a manifestation of COCHLEAR DISEASES; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASES; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; and other conditions.

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  • Ringing-Buzzing-Tinnitus
  • Ringing Buzzing Tinnitus
  • Pulsatile Tinnitus
  • Spontaneous Oto-Acoustic Emission Tinnitus
  • Tensor Palatini Induced Tinnitus
  • Tensor Tympani Induced Tinnitus
  • Tinnitus of Vascular Origin
  • Tinnitus, Clicking
  • Tinnitus, Leudet
  • Tinnitus, Leudet's
  • Tinnitus, Noise Induced
  • Tinnitus, Objective
  • Tinnitus, Spontaneous Oto-Acoustic Emission
  • Tinnitus, Subjective
  • Tinnitus, Tensor Palatini Induced
  • Tinnitus, Tensor Tympani Induced
  • Vascular Origin Tinnitus
  • Clicking Tinnitus
  • Induced Tinnitus, Noise
  • Leudet Tinnitus
  • Leudet's Tinnitus
  • Noise Induced Tinnitus
  • Objective Tinnitus
  • Spontaneous Oto Acoustic Emission Tinnitus
  • Subjective Tinnitus
  • Tinnitus, Leudets
  • Tinnitus, Pulsatile
  • Tinnitus, Spontaneous Oto Acoustic Emission
  • Tinnitus, Vascular Origin

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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  1. C09.218w.458.670w
  2. C10w.597.751.418.670w
  3. C23.888w.592.763.393.670w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Tinnitus. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014012. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014012
  2. Tinnitus. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinnitus
  3. Tinnitus. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192309