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Tinnitus is a common yet poorly understood disorder. Data from the National Center for Health Statistics show that tinnitus is more common in men than women and increases in prevalence with advancing age (Figure 1). It is frequently associated with hearing impairment.¹ Almost 12 percent of men who are 65 to 74 years of age are affected. Whites are more frequently affected than blacks, and the prevalence in the South is almost twice that in the Northeast.¹ Tinnitus may be present in children, although they rarely make this symptom known.² Many patients with tinnitus believe that they have . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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From the Veterans Affairs Western New York Healthcare System (A.H.L.); the Departments of Neurology (A.H.L., R.J.S.) and Communicative Disorders and Sciences (A.H.L., R.J.S., R.F.B.) and the Center for Hearing and Deafness (A.H.L., R.J.S., R.F.B.), University at Buffalo; and the Mabie Laboratory, Center for Positron Emission Tomography, University at Buffalo and Veterans Affairs Western New York Healthcare System (A.H.L., R.J.S., R.F.B.) — all in Buffalo, N.Y.

Address reprint requests to Dr. Lockwood at the Center for PET (115P), VA Western NY Healthcare System, 3495 Bailey Ave., Buffalo, NY 14215, or at alan@petnet.buffalo.edu.

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