Re: AUDITORY Digest - 4 Oct 2009 to 5 Oct 2009 (#2009-228)

[Padraig Kitterick <p.kitterick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In fact, tinnitus has been studied with MEG for quite some time, e.g. 
[1]. Also, I'm not sure how one would explain the suppression of 
tinnitus after cochlear implantation even when the implant is turned off 
[2, 3] using a purely central/cortical origin hypothesis.

Padraig

[1] 
http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info:doi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.0020153
[2] 
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=1050132
[3] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18834065

Christine Rankovic wrote:
> Jont:
>
> I doubt that any hearing scientists were consulted on the project.
>
> Tina
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jont Allen" <jontalle@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <AUDITORY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 7:16 AM
> Subject: Re: AUDITORY Digest - 4 Oct 2009 to 5 Oct 2009 (#2009-228)
>
>
> > Dear List,
> >
> > What do you people think about this?
> >
> > It seems to me that if Tinnitus were typically generated in the 
> > cochlea (there is lots of evidence for this), then there would be a 
> > place in the brain that would hear this, just like any other sound 
> > coming into the cochlea, since its wired to the brain.
> >
> > Then some people come along and see the signal in the brain, and 
> > conclude, that tinnitus is generated in the brain.
> >
> > Is there more to the logic than this? I hope so.
> >
> > Jont
> >
> > AUDITORY automatic digest system wrote:
> > > There are 2 messages totalling 145 lines in this issue.
> > >
> > > Topics of the day:
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> > >   2. Technique can pinpoint tinnitus
> > > T
> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > Date:    Mon, 5 Oct 2009 19:14:32 -0400
> > > From:    Kevin Austin <kevin.austin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Subject: Technique can pinpoint tinnitus
> > >
> > >  From the BBC:
> > >
> > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8287791.stm
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Best
> > >
> > > Kevin
> > >
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> > >
> > > End of AUDITORY Digest - 4 Oct 2009 to 5 Oct 2009 (#2009-228)
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Pádraig Kitterick
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Spatial Hearing Lab (Room B/014)
Department of Psychology
University of York
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