"Tinnitus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D014012
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C09.218.458.670 C10.597.751.418.670 C23.888.592.763.393.670
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| Concept/Terms |
Tinnitus- Tinnitus
- Ringing-Buzzing-Tinnitus
- Ringing Buzzing Tinnitus
Tinnitus, Leudet- Tinnitus, Leudet
- Leudet Tinnitus
- Tinnitus, Leudet's
- Leudet's Tinnitus
- Tinnitus, Leudets
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Tinnitus" by people in Profiles.
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Hearing/vestibular problems, racial differences, and associations with physical function impairment among breast cancer survivors. JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2026 May 09; 10(3).
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Clinical presentation and patient outcomes following endovascular intervention for venous sinus diverticula: A single center experience. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2025 Aug; 34(8):108363.
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Comparison of GWAS results between de novo tinnitus and cancer treatment-related tinnitus suggests distinctive roles for genetic risk factors. Sci Rep. 2024 11 14; 14(1):27952.
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Imaging of Pulsatile Tinnitus. Radiographics. 2024 10; 44(10):e240030.
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Toward a Diagnostic Imaging Algorithm for Undifferentiated Pulsatile Tinnitus. Otol Neurotol. 2024 09 01; 45(8):895-900.
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Prevalence and risk factors for ototoxicity after cisplatin-based chemotherapy. J Cancer Surviv. 2023 02; 17(1):27-39.
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Patient-Reported Functional Impairment Due to Hearing Loss and Tinnitus After Cisplatin-Based Chemotherapy. J Clin Oncol. 2023 04 20; 41(12):2211-2226.
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Ototoxicity After Cisplatin-Based Chemotherapy: Factors Associated With Discrepancies Between Patient-Reported Outcomes and Audiometric Assessments. Ear Hear. 2022 May/Jun; 43(3):794-807.
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Pharmacogenomics of cisplatin-induced neurotoxicities: Hearing loss, tinnitus, and peripheral sensory neuropathy. Cancer Med. 2022 07; 11(14):2801-2816.
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Clinical and genetic risk factors for radiation-associated ototoxicity: A report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study and the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort. Cancer. 2021 Nov 01; 127(21):4091-4102.