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Sarah M. Theodoroff
Research Investigator, VA National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research; Associate Professor, Dept. of Otolaryngology, Oregon Health & Science University
Clinical tinnitus research in military Veterans, including rTMS and somatosensory stimulation trials and the auditory effects of blast exposure.
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Tinnitus and decreased sound tolerance in military Veterans: Relationship with cochlear deafferentation.
Hearing research · 2026
Veterans with normal hearing tests but constant tinnitus or reduced sound tolerance show weaker auditory nerve responses, a sign of cochlear deafferentation, while the middle ear muscle reflex turns out to be an unreliable marker of it.