Residual Inhibition in Chronic Tinnitus: Influence on Spontaneous Brain Activity

This study aimed to deepen our understanding of the neurophysiological basis of tinnitus, an auditory phantom phenomenon, characterized by the sensation of sounds without objectively identifiable sound sources. Previous research found altered patterns of spontaneous brain activity in chronic tinnitus sufferers compared to healthy controls, that when normalized using a neurofeedback therapy, lead to significant reductions of tinnitus intensity. In the present study the relation between tinnitus sensation and spontaneous brain activity was investigated using residual inhibition (RI) to reduce tinnitus intensity wh…