Journal of Clinical Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery

The Busan, Ulsan, Gyeoungnam Branch of Korean Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

J Clin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2008; 19(1):36-42

pISSN: 1225-0244, eISSN: 2713-833X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35420/jcohns.2008.19.1.36

원저

소위 무난청이명 환자에서 순음 및 연속주파수 자기청력검사(Be´ke`sy Audiometry) 소견: 이명 주파수와 청력도의 Dip 주파수와의 관계

전경명¹^,^*, 오세준¹, 이덕규¹, 박영대¹, 신성찬¹

Pure Tone and Continuous Frequency Automatic Recording Audiometric Findings in Tinnitus Patients with Normal Hearing: Tinnitus Frequency and Dip Frequency of Audiogram

Kyong-Myong Chon¹^,^*, Se-Joon Oh¹, Duk-Gyu Lee¹, Young-Dae Park¹, Sung-Chan Shin¹

¹부산대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실

¹Department of Otolaryngology, Pusan National University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea

^*교신저자: 전경명, 602-739 부산광역시 서구 아미동1가 10번지 부산대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실 전화： (051) 240-7330·전송： (051) 246-8668 E-mail： chonkm@pusan.ac.kr

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Received: Feb 11, 2008; Accepted: Mar 17, 2008

Published Online: May 31, 2020

ABSTRACT

Background and Objectives: Tinnitus is one of the most widespread disorder of the auditory system. Tinnitus frequency is usually similar to hearing loss frequency. However, there are few study about tinnitus frequency with normal hearing. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relation between tinnitus frequency and dip frequency of the pure tone and continuous frequency automatic recording audiogram (Bèkésy) in tinnitus patients with normal hearing. Materials and Methods: From May 2005 to Dec 2007, 35 tinnitus patients (48 ears) with normal hearing were encountered in our audiologic clinic. Pure tone and Bèkésy audiometry were performed. Results: Patients complained usually high tone pitch (66.7%). The correlation percentage between tinnitus frequency and dip frequency of pure tone audiogram is 74.3% (γ =0.60323) and that between tinnitus frequency and dip frequency of Bèkésy audiogram is 83.9% (γ =0.66867) in tinnitus patients with normal hearing. Conclusion: Tinnitus frequency is highly related to dip frequency in tinnitus patients with normal hearing. Bèkésy audiometer and additional high frequency audiometry should be more helpful in the tinnitus study. (J Clinical Otolaryngol 2008;19:36–42)

Keywords: 이명; 주파수

Keywords: Tinnitus; Frequency