Archives of Acoustics, 47, 4, pp. 449-455, 2022
10.24425/aoa.2022.142897

Extended High Frequency Hearing Thresholds in Tinnitus Patients with Normal Hearing

Lidija RISTOVSKA
City General Hospital “8th September” Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Division of Audiology
Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of

Zora JACHOVA
Institute of Special Education and Rehabilitation
Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of

The aim of the study was to compare the extended high-frequency (EHF) hearing thresholds (10–16 kHz) in tinnitus and non-tinnitus ears, in a group of 98 patients with unilateral tinnitus and normal hearing at standard audiometric frequencies, in a 0.125–8 kHz range. It was found that a total of 65 patients (66%) had a hearing loss (a threshold shift >20 dB HL) in the EHF range and the EHF hearing loss occurred more frequently in the tinnitus ear than in the non-tinnitus ear. The data also indicate that the EHF thresholds increased with the patient’s age and were in most patients higher in the tinnitus ear than in the non-tinnitus ear.
Keywords: extended high frequency; hearing loss; tinnitus
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DOI: 10.24425/aoa.2022.142897