A5055037608- Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics
- Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
- Vestibular and auditory disorders
- Multisensory perception and integration
- Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
- Neuroscience and Music Perception
- Noise Effects and Management
- Neural dynamics and brain function
- Tactile and Sensory Interactions
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Mind wandering and attention
- Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis
- Phonocardiography and Auscultation Techniques
- EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
- Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare
- Green IT and Sustainability
- Healthcare Systems and Public Health
- Music Therapy and Health
- Personality Traits and Psychology
- Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
- Music and Audio Processing
University of Regensburg
2018-2025
University of Zurich
2016-2025
University Hospital of Zurich
2023-2025
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
2022-2024
University of Salzburg
2020-2024
Medical University of Vienna
2023
University of Geneva
2022
Bioengineering Center
2022
Institut des Sciences Cognitives Marc Jeannerod
2022
Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria de Granada
2021
The present study investigated 24 individuals suffering from chronic tinnitus (TI) and nonaffected controls (CO). We recorded resting-state EEG collected psychometric data to obtain information about how experience affects the cognitive emotional state of TI. was meant disentangle TI with high distress those who suffer less persistent based on both neurophysiological behavioral data. A principal component analysis uncovers two distinct independent dimensions characterizing individual...
Introduction: Chronic tinnitus is a condition estimated to affect 10-15% of the population. No treatment has shown efficacy in randomized clinical trials reliably and effectively suppress phantom perceptions, little known why patients react differently same treatments.Tinnitus heterogeneity may play central role response, but no study tried capture terms response.Research goals: To test if individualized response can be predicted using personal, characteristics. Methods: A survey conducted...
Context-aware applications stemming from diverse fields like mobile health, recommender systems, and commerce potentially benefit knowing aspects of the user's personality. As filling out personality questionnaires is tedious, we propose prediction smartphone sensor usage data. In order to collect data for researching relationship between personality, developed Android app TYDR (Track Your Daily Routine) which tracks smart-phone utilizes psychometric questionnaires. With TYDR, track a larger...
Tinnitus, the perception of sound in absence a corresponding sound, and distress caused by it, is rarely static phenomenon. It rather fluctuates over time depending on endogenous exogenous factors. The COVID-19 pandemic potential environmental stressor that might influence individually perceived tinnitus distress. Since not all people are affected same way, situation allows one to identify factors personality traits impact differently. In our study, 122 patients were included at two points:...
Tinnitus is the chronic perception of a phantom sound with different levels related distress. Past research has elucidated interactions tinnitus distress audiological, affective and further clinical variables. The influence on cognition underinvestigated. Our study aims at investigating specific influences associated predictors in cohort n = 146 out-ward patients. Age, educational level, hearing loss, Questionnaire (TQ) score, duration, speech noise (SIN), stress, anxiety depression,...
ABSTRACT Tinnitus, the perception of sound without an external source, affects a significant portion population, yet its impact on brain communication diagram known as functional connectome, remains limited. Traditional connectivity (FC) methods, such Pearson correlation, phase lag index and coherence rely pairwise comparisons are therefore limited in providing holistic encoding FC. Here, we employ alternative approach to estimate entire structure by analyzing all time-courses...
Abstract Tinnitus is defined as the perception of sound without an external source. Its perceptual suppression or on/off states remain poorly understood. This study investigates neural traits linked to brief acoustic tinnitus (BATS) using naive resting-state EEG (closed eyes) from 102 individuals. A set features (band power, entropy, aperiodic slope and offset spectrum, connectivity) standard classifiers were applied achieving consistent high accuracy across data splits: 98% for sensor 86%...
First attempts have demonstrated that the application of alpha/delta neurofeedback in treatment chronic tinnitus leads to a reduction symptoms at group level. However, recent research also suggests is decidedly heterogeneous phenomenon, one requires distinct subgroups or even on an individual Thus, purpose this study was evaluate individually adjusted protocol. Following previous studies, delta band fixed between 3 and 4 Hz chosen as frequency for inhibition. unlike range rewarded alpha not...
Modern smartphones contain sophisticated high-end hardware features, offering high computational capabilities at extremely manageable costs and have undoubtedly become an integral part in users' daily life. Additionally, offer a well-established ecosystem that is easily discoverable accessible via the marketplaces of differing mobile platforms, thus encouraging development many smartphone apps. Such apps are not exclusively used for entertainment purposes but also commonplace health care...
Objectives: Daily life behaviour can be studied by smart mobile devices. The current study investigated associations between personality traits and smartphone usage in daily routine. Methods: 526 participants used the Track Your Routine app (TYDR) for 48 days, on average (SD = 63.2, range 2 to 304). Big Five Inventory (BFI-2) was deployed measure (Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Neuroticism, Openness). We analyzed two indicators of usage: number wakeups per day session...
Abstract Little is known about the trajectory of tinnitus over time. This study addressed (1) how often remitted in patients with chronic tinnitus; (2) subjective reported characteristics, such as loudness, laterality, and type measures burden, distress, depression, quality life, changes time; (3) tinnitus-specific treatments were undertaken prevalence comorbidities, (4) if number comorbidities associated to distress Data from 388 who visited a tertiary clinic between 2012 2017 interrogated...
Abstract We performed magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) on healthy individuals with tinnitus and no hearing loss ( n = 16) vs. a matched control group 17) to further elucidate the role of excitatory inhibitory neurotransmitters in tinnitus. Two-dimensional J-resolved (2D-JPRESS) was applied disentangle Glutamate (Glu) from Glutamine estimate GABA levels two bilateral voxels primary auditory cortex. Results indicated lower Glu concentration (large effect) right cortex (medium left group....
Objectives: Acoustic stimulation or sound therapy is proposed as a main treatment option for chronic subjective tinnitus. To further probe the field of acoustic stimulations tinnitus therapy, this exploratory study compared 10 Hz amplitude modulated (AM) sounds (two pure tones, noise, music, and frequency (FM) sounds) unmodulated (pure tone, noise) regarding their temporary suppression loudness. First, it was hypothesized that elicit larger loudness (residual inhibition) than sounds. Second,...
Recent studies have compared tinnitus suppression, or residual inhibition, between amplitude- and frequency-modulated (AM) sounds noises pure tones (PT). Results are indicative, yet inconclusive, of stronger suppression modulated especially near the frequency. Systematic comparison AM at frequency has not been studied in depth. The current study therefore aims further advancing this line research by contrasting profiles PT matched (i.e., 10 40 Hz vs. PT). Participants with chronic, tonal (n...
Abstract Previous studies have shown that personality traits are related to tinnitus distress as measured by the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI) and Questionnaire (TQ). However, little is known about role of on over time. We collected THI TQ 388 patients who visited a tertiary clinic between 2012 2017, filled in survey with same questionnaires plus Big Five Index 2 2018. used facets predict cross-sectionally longitudinally. Neuroticism, extraversion, agreeableness, age gender were...
Abstract The role of stress and its neuroendocrine mediators in tinnitus is unclear. In this study, we measure cortisol as an indicator hypothalamus–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis alterations brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) a marker adaptive neuroplasticity hair chronic patients to investigate relationships with tinnitus-related psychological factors. Cross-sectional data from inpatients were analyzed. Data collection included sampling, pure tone audiometry, pitch loudness matching,...