Subject: Re: AUDITORY Digest - 4 Oct 2009 to 5 Oct 2009 (#2009-228) From: Padraig Kitterick <p.kitterick@xxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 17:59:40 +0100 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>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@xxxxxxxx> > 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: >>> >>> 2. Technique can pinpoint tinnitus >>> T >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 19:14:32 -0400 >>> From: Kevin Austin <kevin.austin@xxxxxxxx> >>> Subject: Technique can pinpoint tinnitus >>> >>> From the BBC: >>> >>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8287791.stm >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Best >>> >>> Kevin >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> End of AUDITORY Digest - 4 Oct 2009 to 5 Oct 2009 (#2009-228) >>> ************************************************************* >>> >> -- Pádraig Kitterick Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Spatial Hearing Lab (Room B/014) Department of Psychology University of York Heslington York YO10 5DD UK Tel: +44 (0) 1904 43 2883 Email: p.kitterick@xxxxxxxx Web: http://psych.york.ac.uk/aphhc