Tinnitus After Traumatic Brain Injury: An Overview

B. Ushasree Reddy, Ranabir Pal, Amrita Ghosh, Luis Rafael Moscote-Salazar, Vishnu Vardhan Reddy, Amit Agrawal
2018 Romanian Neurosurgery  
Tinnitus is a frequent clinical feature encountered during follow up of Traumatic brain injury (TBI) that can be incapacitating in the long run. Literature suggests that post-TBI carries a higher psychological burden than tinnitus patients presenting with other non-traumatic or unknown etiologic. Posttraumatic tinnitus is of longer duration, frequently associated with hyperacousis and occurs in younger age group. If the symptoms are severe post-traumatic tinnitus can affect quality of life of
more » ... e patients. The management of these patients needs detail evaluation and comprehensive rehabilitation plan.
doi:10.2478/romneu-2018-0062 fatcat:jfhigxi3q5fzjcqrdsi4cy3jmu