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Categorization of tinnitus in view of history and medical discourse

The foremost, dominant, and influential scientific discourse of how to define tinnitus states that tinnitus is the perception of sound(s) in the absence of an external sound source. This is the most common statement among researchers in audiology and related fields, stemming from basic neurosciences (Kaltenbach, 2011) to applied psychophysiology (Kropp et al., 2012), audiology (Caffier et al., 2006), and behavioural psychology (Westin et al., 2008). It is puzzling that scientific affiliation and paradigms have had no influence on how the condition is defined as for instance one would expect psychologists and neurologists to have their own viewpoint on this issue. (Published: 20 December 2014) Citation: Int J Qualitative Stud Health Well-being 2013, 8 : 23530 - http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/qhw.v8i0.23530