Electrical cochlear stimulation may have the potential to reestablish tonic inhibitory networks and thus suppress tinnitus. The proposed framework unites many ideas of tinnitus pathophysiology and may catalyze cooperative efforts to develop tinnitus therapies.
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The Neural Bases of Tinnitus: Lessons from Deafness and Cochlear Implants
Journal of Neuroscience 16 September 2020, 40 (38) 7190-7202; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1314-19.2020