Tinnitus Research Initiative

26/08/2025

Robin Guillard is speaking at the 2025 Tinnitus UK conference!

Robin is a young researcher focused on the interactions between tinnitus and sleep, as well as tinnitus heterogeneity. His journey began as an engineer, which led him to become an entrepreneur passionate about neuroscience.

To further contribute to helping tinnitus patients, Robin co-founded Siopi, a mutual help community designed to enhance efficient support among tinnitus patients while also accelerating research by collecting epidemiological data and providing information on ongoing clinical trials.

Robin will be speaking on 'Tinnitus & Sleep: Why sleep can make tinnitus vary in some tinnitus patients'

Want to hear Robin at the conference, book your spot today (link in comments)

25/07/2025

The Lab for Clinical and Integrative Neuroscience, led by Prof. Sven Vanneste, is looking for a PhD student to work on a new bi-modal stimulation paradigm for treatment of tinnitus. The project is a 3-year fully funded post (covering EU fees and stipend) and will be co-supervised by Dr. Anusha Yasoda-Mohan. They are looking for a student who can join immediately. Interested candidates, please email your CV to Prof. Vanneste at sven.vanneste@tcd.ie

26/05/2025

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10/04/2025

Only few places left: Today, April 10, our second EUTINNET webinar "Tinnitus - From research to practice" starts at >> 6 pm CET. Participation is free of charge. The webinar will be held in English. We invite all who are interested in new research findings on hearing health and tinnitus and haven't registered yet to join us.

Dr. Lukas Landegger will give his lecture on "GENE THERAPY FOR HEARING LOSS". He was winner of our Foundation's Research Award 2022 and currently works as Clinical Instructor, Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford/California, USA.

>>> Please register here: https://eutinnet.org/en/

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Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Tinnituszentrum Regensburg
Tinnitus Science
Deutsche Tinnitus-Liga e.V.
Tinnitus Hub
Tinnitus UK Charity
Høreforeningen
France Acouphènes
TINNITUS TIROL
OES-Tinnitus-Liga

09/04/2025

🔬 2025 Bellucci Symposium on Hearing Research! 🔬

The Bellucci Symposium on Hearing Research is taking place on May 23, 2025, at Creighton University. Leading experts will gather to discuss advancements in hearing science, and you are encouraged to join! The hybrid symposium will foster collaboration between researchers and clinicians, driving innovation in the field of tinnitus and auditory health.

By supporting cutting-edge research and the dissemination of knowledge, ATA remains committed to improving treatments and advocating for those affected by tinnitus. We’re excited to connect with experts and continue pushing the conversation forward!

🔗 Learn more: https://www.creighton.edu/medicine/departments/biomedical-sciences/translational-hearing-center/bellucci-symposium

21/03/2025

📢 📆 Mark your calendars for the next TRI Academy Online Seminar episode on April 1st between 4 and 5PM CEST, 3-4PM GMT, 8-9AM PDT, 11-12AM EDT, 12AM-1PM KST 👇👇

Prof. Fatima Husain will answer the question “What can brain networks identified in tinnitus tell us about the lived experience of having tinnitus?”🧠

Dr Audrey Maudoux will discuss the clinical challenge of pediatric tinnitus 🧒

Just click on the Zoom link below to join the session:
https://univ-lille-fr.zoom.us/j/95276235555?pwd=uLQJUSh4alAcp1bx2Bv00Vqp1eRiQV.1

08/02/2025

This week marks the 2025👂⏰ Let's join forces, raise awareness of tinnitus and work together on tinnitus education.

Did you hear from the publication “Aberrant Auditory Prediction Patterns Robustly Characterize Tinnitus” (https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.99757.4)?

Reisinger et al. analysed data from two independent magnetoencephalography studies, where participants passively listened to sequences of pure tones with varying levels of regularity (i.e. predictability) ranging from random to ordered.

Here is what they found: Despite some changes in the details of the paradigm, both studies equivalently reveal a group difference in neural representation, based on multivariate pattern analysis, of upcoming stimuli before their onset.

What they concluded: These data strongly suggest that individuals with tinnitus engage anticipatory auditory predictions differently to controls. While the observation of different predictive processes is robust and replicable, the precise neurocognitive mechanism underlying it calls for further, ideally longitudinal, studies to establish its role as a potential contributor to, and/or consequence of, tinnitus.

05/02/2025

This week marks the 2025👂⏰ Let's join forces, raise awareness of tinnitus and work together on tinnitus education.

Did you hear from the publication “Switching tinnitus on or off: An initial investigation into the role of the pregenual and rostral to dorsal anterior cingulate cortices” (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120713)?

Method: Vanneste et al. examined a unique EEG dataset of individuals with intermittent chronic tinnitus, who had performed 2 EEG measurements, one a day with tinnitus and one on a day without tinnitus. They could perform paired comparisons and compared these data to EEGs of healthy controls.

Here is what they found:
· Increased theta activity in the pregenual anterior cingulate cortex triggers tinnitus.
· Decreased theta functional connectivity between pregenual anterior cingulate cortex and auditory cortex accompanies tinnitus onset.
· Alpha differences in the pregenual anterior cingulate cortex and increased alpha functional connectivity differentiate the no-tinnitus state from healthy subjects.
· Increased alpha activity in the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex correlates with tinnitus distress. Conversely, increased alpha activity in the pregenual anterior cingulate cortex can transiently suppress the phantom sound by enhancing theta connectivity to the auditory cortex.

What they concluded: This mechanism parallels chronic neuropathic pain and suggests potential treatments for tinnitus by promoting alpha activity in the pregenual anterior cingulate cortex and reducing alpha activity in the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex through pharmacological or neuromodulatory approaches.

04/02/2025

This week marks the 2025👂⏰ Let's join forces, raise awareness of tinnitus and work together on tinnitus education.

Did you hear from the publication “The Out-of-pocket Expenses of People With Tinnitus in Europe” (https://doi.org/10.2188/jea.JE20230358)?

Jarach et al. conducted an European survey on out-of-pocket (OOP) costs of tinnitus where 679 participants with different degrees of tinnitus severity were enrolled.
Here is what they found:
• OOP expenses were 368€ (95% confidence intervals [CI], 78€-690€) for slight tinnitus.
• OOP expenses were 728€ (95% CI, 316€-1,288€) for moderate tinnitus.
• OOP expenses were 1,492€ (95% CI, 760€-2,688€) for severe tinnitus.
• Annual expenditure of 565€ for people with any tinnitus: 209€ for healthcare visits; 93€ for treatments; 16€ for drugs; 64€ for hearing supporting systems; and 183€ for acupuncture, homeopathy, and osteopathy.
• Individuals with slight, moderate, and severe tinnitus expressed a willingness to invest 1.6, 4.3, and 7.0 times their monthly income, respectively, to achieve complete relief from tinnitus.

What they concluded: This study offers for the first-time insights into the OOP expenses incurred by individuals with tinnitus. OOP expenses exhibited substantial variations based on severity status, accounting for more than 17 billion € in the countries considered. In terms of financial burden, these findings align tinnitus to the recognized leading disabilities, including back pain and migraine.

03/02/2025

This week marks the 2025👂⏰

Tinnitus affects more than 1.1 billion adults globally and is perceived as a major problem by more than 160 million people. Main risk factors of tinnitus are hearing loss, noise exposure and aging.

Let's join forces and raise awareness of tinnitus by sharing this article with your network.