Tinnitus: Clinical and Research Perspectives

The impairment in perceiving or processing auditory information is considered to be a hearing disorder. Tinnitus is a common hearing disorder. It involves perceiving sound even in the absence of corresponding external sound. Although it is normal to feel a faint sound in a completely quiet place, the problem arises when it interferes with normal hearing. The sound a person hears in tinnitus is described as ringing, clicking, buzzing, hissing, or roaring. It can be caused due to several fact...