Here are the references from the Summer 2026 issue of Hearing Health.
“Two Stories of Hearing Lost, and Music Gained,” page 12:
Geng, Caitlin. “What is the translabyrinthine approach to acoustic neuroma removal?” Medical News Today, March 6, 2024.
Lassaletta, L.; Calvino, M.; Sánchez-Cuadrado, I.; Morales-Puebla, J.M.; and Gavilán, J. “Cochlear implantation in vestibular schwannoma: A game changer? A narrative review.” Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, May 1, 2025.
Lin, D.; Hegarty, J.L.; Fischbein, N.J.; and Jackler, R.K. “The Prevalence of ‘Incidental’ Acoustic Neuroma.” Archives of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, March 2005.
Pisani, D.; Gioacchini, F.M.; Chiarella, G.; Astorina, A.; Ricciardiello, F.; Scarpa, A.; Re, M.; and Viola, P. “Vestibular Impairment in Patients with Vestibular Schwannoma: A Journey through the Pitfalls of Current Literature.” Audiology Research, April 2023.
Ruiz-Garcia, H.; Peterson, J.; Leon, J.; Malouff, T.; Vallow, L.; Lundy, L.; Chaichana, K.L.; Vibhute, P.; and Trifiletti, D.M. “Initial Observation among Patients with Vestibular Schwannoma.” Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B: Skull Base, July 2021.
Tadokoro, K.; Bartindale, M.R.; El-Kouri, N.; Moore, D.; Britt, C.; and Kircher, M. “Cochlear Implantation in Vestibular Schwannoma: A Systematic Literature Review.” Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B: Skull Base, November 2021.
UC San Diego Health. Acoustic Neuroma Treatment.
“What We Know So Far About Pain Hyperacusis,” page 34:
Henry, J.A. “The Hyperacusis and Misophonia Book: When Everyday Sounds Are Too Loud, Distressing, or Painful.” March 12, 2025.
Hyperacusis Research. “Dr. Kelly Jahn: What Clinicians Should Know about Pain Hyperacusis and its Clinical Management.” YouTube, April 16, 2026.
Jahn, Kelly N.; Kashiwagura, Sean Takamoto; and Saad Yousuf, Muhammad. “Clinical phenotype and management of sound-induced pain: Insights from adults with pain hyperacusis.” The Journal of Pain, February 2025.
“Why Veteran Tinnitus Is Distinct From Civilian Tinnitus,” page 37:
Adcock, K.; Arulchelvan, E.; Shields, N.; and Vanneste, S. “Towards precision medicine for otology and neurotology: Machine learning applications and challenges.” Hearing Research, May 2026.
Chen, Y.C.; Li, X.; Liu, L.; Wang, J.; Lu, C.Q.; Yang, M.; Jiao, Y.; Zang, F.C.; Radziwon, K.; Chen, G.D.; Sun, W.; Krishnan Muthaiah, V.P.; Salvi, R.; and Teng, G.J. “Tinnitus and hyperacusis involve hyperactivity and enhanced connectivity in auditory-limbic-arousal-cerebellar network.” eLife, August 18, 2015.
Cheung, S.W.; Racine, C.A.; Henderson-Sabes, J.; Demopoulos, C.; Molinaro, A.M.; Heath, S.; Nagarajan, S.S.; Bourne, A.L.; Rietcheck, J.E.; Wang, S.S.; and Larson, P.S. “Phase I trial of caudate deep brain stimulation for treatment-resistant tinnitus.” Journal of Neurosurgery, October 2019.
Chu, H.T.; Liang, C.S.; Yeh, T.C.; Hu, L.Y.; Yang, A.C.; Tsai, S.J.; and Shen, C.C. “Tinnitus and risk of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease: a retrospective nationwide population-based cohort study.” Scientific Reports, July 22, 2020.
Clark, K.D.; Coco, L.; Zaugg, T.; DeFrancesco, S.; Kaelin, C.; Henry, J.A.; and Carlson, K.F. “A Qualitative Study of Veterans’ Perspectives on Tinnitus: An Invisible Wound.” American Journal of Audiology, December 4, 2023.
Clifford, R.E.; Baker, D.; Risbrough, V.B.; Huang, M.; and Yurgil, K.A. “Impact of TBI, PTSD, and Hearing Loss on Tinnitus Progression in a US Marine Cohort.” Military Medicine, November/December 2019.
Clifford, R.E.; Hertzano, R.; and Ohlemiller, K.K. “Untangling the genomics of noise-induced hearing loss and tinnitus: Contributions of Mus musculus and Homo sapiens.” The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, November 2019.
Clifford, R.E.; Maihofer, A.X.; Chatzinakos, C.; Coleman, J.R.I.; Daskalakis, N.P.; Gasperi, M.; Hogan, K.; Mikita, E.A.; Stein, M.B.; Tcheandjieu, C.; Telese, F.; Zuo, Y.; Ryan, A.F.; and Nievergelt, C.M. “Genetic architecture distinguishes tinnitus from hearing loss.” Nature Communications, January 17, 2024.
Coco, L.; Hooker, E.R.; Gilbert, T.A.; Harker, G.R.; Clark, K.D.; Reavis, K.M.; Henry, J.A.; Zaugg, T.L.; and Carlson, K.F. “The Impact of Tinnitus Severity on Work Functioning among U.S. Military Veterans with Tinnitus.” Seminars in Hearing, November 2023.
Doborjeh, M.; Liu, X.; Doborjeh, Z.; Shen, Y.; Searchfield, G.; Sanders, P.; Wang, G.Y.; Sumich, A.; and Yan, W.Q. “Prediction of Tinnitus Treatment Outcomes Based on EEG Sensors and TFI Score Using Deep Learning.” Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), January 11, 2023.
Driscoll, M.E.; Bollu, P.C.; and Tadi, P. “Neuroanatomy, nucleus caudate.” StatPearls, August 8, 2023.
Eggermont, J.J.; and Roberts, L.E. “The neuroscience of tinnitus.” Trends in Neurosciences, November 2004.
Galazyuk, A.V.; Wenstrup, J.J.; and Hamid, M.A. “Tinnitus and underlying brain mechanisms.” Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, October 2012.
Hearing Health Foundation (HHF). Military and veteran statistics: Hearing loss and tinnitus. October 2023.
Henry, J.A.; Schechter, M.A.; Zaugg, T.L.; Griest, S.; Jastreboff, P.J.; Vernon, J.A.; Kaelin, C.; Meikle, M.B.; Lyons, K.S.; and Stewart, B.J. “Clinical trial to compare tinnitus masking and tinnitus retraining therapy.” Acta Oto-Laryngologica, Supplementum, December 2006.
Henry, J.A.; Griest, S.; Reavis, K.M.; Grush, L.; Theodoroff, S.M.; Young, S.; Thielman, E.J.; and Carlson, K.F. “Noise Outcomes in Servicemembers Epidemiology (NOISE) Study: Design, Methods, and Baseline Results.” Ear and Hearing, July/August 2021.
Henry, J.A.; Griest, S.; Zaugg, T.L.; Thielman, E.; Kaelin, C.; Galvez, G.; and Carlson, K.F. “Tinnitus and hearing survey: A screening tool to differentiate bothersome tinnitus from hearing difficulties.” American Journal of Audiology, March 2015.
Henry, J.A.; Griest, S.E.; Blankenship, C.; Thielman, E.J.; Theodoroff, S.M.; Hammill, T.; and Carlson, K.F. “Impact of tinnitus on military service members.” Military Medicine, March 2019.
Henry, J.A.; Reavis, K.M.; Griest, S.E.; Thielman, E.J.; Theodoroff, S.M.; Grush, L.D.; and Carlson, K.F. “Tinnitus.” Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America, August 2020.
Jastreboff, P.J.; and Jastreboff, M.M. “Decreased sound tolerance.” Handbook of Clinical Neurology, 2015.
Jastreboff, P.J.; and Jastreboff, M.M. “The neurophysiological approach to misophonia: Theory and treatment.” Frontiers in Neuroscience, May 18, 2023.
Jastreboff, P.J.; and Jastreboff, M.M. “Tinnitus and decreased sound tolerance.” Ballenger's Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, 2018.
Kim, D.K.; Park, S.N.; Kim, H.M.; Son, H.R.; Kim, N.G.; Park, K.H.; and Yeo, S.W. “Prevalence and significance of high-frequency hearing loss in subjectively normal-hearing patients with tinnitus.” The Annals of Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngology, August 2011.
Kim, J.; Lim, K.H.; Kim, E.; Kim, S.; Kim, H.J.; Lee, Y.H.; Kim, S.; and Choi, J. “Machine Learning-Based Diagnosis of Chronic Subjective Tinnitus With Altered Cognitive Function: An Event-Related Potential Study.” Ear and Hearing, May/June 2025.
Lin, C.T.; Ghosh, S.; Hinkley, L.B.; Dale, C.L.; Souza, A.C.S.; Sabes, J.H.; Hess, C.P.; Adams, M.E.; Cheung, S.W.; and Nagarajan, S.S. “Multi-tasking deep network for tinnitus classification and severity prediction from multimodal structural MR images.” Journal of Neural Engineering, January 10, 2023.
Liu, Y.F.; Hu, J.; Streelman, M.; and Guthrie, O.W. “The epworth sleepiness scale in the assessment of sleep disturbance in veterans with tinnitus.” International Journal of Otolaryngology, April 14, 2015.
Liu, Y.; Niu, H.; Zhu, J.; Zhao, P.; Yin, H.; Ding, H.; Gong, S.; Yang, Z.; Lv, H.; and Wang, Z. “Morphological Neuroimaging Biomarkers for Tinnitus: Evidence Obtained by Applying Machine Learning.” Neural Plasticity, May 15, 2019.
Martz, E.; Chesney, M.A.; Livneh, H.; Jelleberg, C.; Fuller, B.; and Henry, J.A. “A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Three Brief Group Interventions for Individuals With Tinnitus.” Global Advances in Health and Medicine, July 10, 2018.
Moore, B.A.; Moring, J.C.; Hale, W.J.; and Peterson, A.L. “Incidence Rates of Tinnitus in Active Duty Military Service Members Between 2001 and 2015.” American Journal of Audiology, December 2019.
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD). Sudden Deafness. March 2018.
NIDCD. What Is Tinnitus? — Causes and Treatment. January 2023.
NIDCD. Noise-Induced Hearing Loss. March 2025.
Newman, C.W.; Jacobson, G.P.; and Spitzer, J.B. “Development of the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory.” Archives of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, February 1996.
Oh, H.; Lee, D.; Song, J.K.; Baek, S.; and Jin, I.K. “Electroencephalographic Biomarkers in Tinnitus: A Narrative Review of Current Approaches and Clinical Perspectives.” Brain Sciences, November 28, 2025.
Piarulli, A.; Vanneste, S.; Nemirovsky, I.E.; Kandeepan, S.; Maudoux, A.; Gemignani, A.; De Ridder, D.; and Soddu, A. “Tinnitus and distress: an electroencephalography classification study.” Brain Communications, January 25, 2023.
Prewitt, A.; Harker, G.; Gilbert, T.A.; Hooker, E.; O'Neil, M.E.; Reavis, K.M.; Henry, J.A.; and Carlson, K.F. “Mental Health Symptoms Among Veteran VA Users by Tinnitus Severity: A Population-based Survey.” Military Medicine, January/February 2021.
Ring, A.; Crowder, C.; Wyer, S.L.; and Phillips, B. “A Chart Review to Assess the Response of Veterans Suffering from Tinnitus to Alpha Burst Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation.” The International Tinnitus Journal, June 2020.
Rodriguez, C.R.; Piccirillo, J.F.; and Rodebaugh, T.L. “Acceptability of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Tinnitus: A Study With Veterans and Nonveterans.” American Journal of Audiology, September 2023.
Schmidt, C.J.; Kerns, R.D.; Finkel, S.; Michaelides, E.; and Henry, J.A. “Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Veterans With Tinnitus.” Federal Practitioner, August 2018.
Shoushtarian, M.; Alizadehsani, R.; Khosravi, A.; Acevedo, N.; McKay, C.M.; Nahavandi, S.; and Fallon, J.B. “Objective measurement of tinnitus using functional near-infrared spectroscopy and machine learning.” PloS One, November 18, 2020.
Smith, S.S.; Jahn, K.N.; Sugai, J.A.; Hancock, K.E.; and Polley, D.B. “Objective autonomic signatures of tinnitus and sound sensitivity disorders.” Science Translational Medicine, March 12, 2025.
Theodoroff, S.M.; McMillan, G.P.; Zaugg, T.L.; Cheslock, M.; Roberts, C.; and Henry, J.A. “Randomized Controlled Trial of a Novel Device for Tinnitus Sound Therapy During Sleep.” American Journal of Audiology, December 2017.
Theodoroff, S.M.; Reavis, K.M.; Griest, S.E.; Carlson, K.F.; Hammill, T.L.; and Henry, J.A. “Decreased sound tolerance associated with blast exposure.” Scientific Reports, July 10, 2019.
Theodoroff, S.M.; Reavis, K.M.; and Norrholm, S.D. “Prevalence of Hyperacusis Diagnosis in Veterans Who Use VA Healthcare.” Ear and Hearing, March/April 2024.
Theodoroff, S.M.; Lewis, M.S.; Folmer, R.L.; Henry, J.A.; and Carlson, K.F. “Hearing impairment and tinnitus: Prevalence, risk factors, and outcomes in US service members and veterans deployed to the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.” Epidemiologic Reviews, January 2015.
Xian, J.; Zhang, S.; Xiao, X.; Yuan, J.; Zhao, Y.; Li, J.; Zhang, Y.; Fu, Q.H.; Zhang, Y.; and Zhang, Q. “Evidence synthesis of tinnitus treatment methods: An umbrella review.” American Journal of Otolaryngology, September/October 2025.
Yankaskas, K. “Prelude: Noise-induced tinnitus and hearing loss in the military.” Hearing Research, February 2013.
Zaugg, T.L.; Thielman, E.J.; Carlson, K.F.; Tuepker, A.; Elnitsky, C.; Drummond, K.L.; Schmidt, C.J.; Newell, S.; Kaelin, C.; Choma, C.; and Henry, J.A. “Factors affecting the implementation of evidence-based Progressive Tinnitus Management in Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers.” PloS One, December 11, 2020.
Recent Research by Hearing Health Foundation Scientists, Explained, page 38:
Robles-Bolivar, P.; Bächinger, D.; Bose, A., et al. “Association of PHEX Gene Dosage With Meniere Disease and Related Audiovestibular Phenotypes in X-Linked Hypophosphatemia.” JAMA Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, May 1, 2026.
Landsman, Rachel A.; Griffin, Amanda M.; Hoffman, Michael F.; Herlihy, Megan; Licameli, Greg R. “Comorbid Psychological Diagnoses in Children With Single-Sided Deafness Who Received or Are Under Consideration for Cochlear Implantation.” American Journal of Audiology, June 2, 2026.
Kaufman, Keith J.; Krall, Rebecca F.; Williamson, Ross S. “Pupil-linked arousal heterogeneously modulates cell-type–specific sensory processing.” Science Advances, April 3, 2026.
“Gene Therapy for Hearing Loss,” page 42:
Lee, Yishane. “Gene Therapy for Hearing Loss.” Hearing Health Foundation, May 14, 2026.
