Abbreviations
AC, air conduction; ANSI, American National Standards Institute; BC, bone conduction; HL,
hearing level; MLV, monitored-live voice; NSAIDs, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs;
PTA, pure-tone average; SNHL, sensorineural hearing loss; SRT, speech recognition threshold;
VS, vestibular schwannoma; WRS, word recognition scores
Table 4. Professional Organizations and Patient Support Groups
for Tinnitus
Organization
(website) Description Publications
American Academy of
Otolaryngolog y
-Head and Neck Surgery
(AAOHNS)
(www.entnet.org )
Largest professional
organization of
otolaryngologists
• AAO-HNS Bulletin
• Otolaryngolog y- Head
and Neck Surgery
American Tinnitus Association
(ATA)
(www.ata.org )
Largest tinnitus patient
membership and advocacy
organization
Tinnitus Today
American Speech-Language
Hearing Association (ASHA)
(www.asha.org )
Professional association
of >166,000 audiologists,
speech-language pathologists,
hearing scientists
• American Journal
of Audiolog y
• ASHA Leader
American Academy of
Audiolog y (AAA)
(www.audiolog y.org )
Largest professional
organization of audiologists
• Audiolog y Today
• Journal of the American
Academy of Audiolog y
Hearing Health Foundation
(HHF)
(www.hearinghealthfoundation.
org )
Largest private funder of
hearing research
Hearing Health Magazine
Tinnitus Research Initiative
Foundation (TRI)
(www.tinnitusresearch.org )
• Research foundation based
in Germany
• Hosts worldwide
collaborations of tinnitus
investigators with
workshops and conferences
• TRI Newsletter
• Proceedings of the
conferences and
workshops
National Institute on Deafness
and Other Communication
Disorders (NIDCD)
(www.nidcd.nih.gov)
NIH institute that supports
and conducts research on
hearing healthcare issues,
including tinnitus
• NIDCD News
Updates
• Inside Newsletter
British Tinnitus Association
(www.tinnitus.org.uk)
• British organization that
provides support and
education about tinnitus
• Hosts annual conferences
• Funds research
Quiet quarterly magazine
Hyperacusis Network
(www.hyperacusis.net)
Support/education for
those suffering from sound
sensitivity and pain
