 Tinnitus
"Tinnitus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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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