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Tinnitus Research Initiative is a privately funded organisation dedicated to the development of effective treatments for all types of tinnitus so that relief can be obtained by everyone
who suffers from it.


Recent Findings from the Workbench of TRI - click here

To update your knowledge of tinnitus, the annual evidence update is now available with the aim of presenting expert opinion linked to a comprehensive collection of up-to-date research evidence:

2010 Annual Evidence Update on Tinnitus - click here

NEWS


ANNOUNCEMENTS

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4th International TRI Tinnitus Conference 2010
Frontiers in Tinnitus Research

Organized by the Tinnitus Research Initiative and The University of Texas at Dallas,
co-sponsered by the American Tinnitus Association

When: June 9 - 11, 2010
Where: Dallas, Texas (USA)

Please mark your calendars for this most important tinnitus event of the year!

Proposals for free talks, symposia and posters are welcome!
Deadline for abstract submission extended to February 28th, 2010

Detailed information and registration: Arrow4th TRI Tinnitus Conference in Dallas/Texas (USA)

Download Announcement here: 4th TRI Tinnitus Conference 2010 - Advance NoticePDF 333 kb

TINNITUS CLINICS

TRI Tinnitus Clinic Antwerp

TRI TINNITUS CLINIC ANTWERP:
Grand Opening on April 22th, 2009.

For more information about the clinic please see
TRI Tinnitus Clinic AntwerpBRAI2N - Brain Research Center Antwerp for Innovative and Interdisciplinary Neuromodulation

The opening in the belgian press:
De Standaard Online - TRI Tinnitus Clinic AntwerpDe Standaard Online
De Morgen - TRI Tinnitus Clinic AntwerpDe Morgen
Het Nieuwsblad - TRI Tinnitus Clinic AntwerpHet Nieuwsblad


TINNITUS BOOK

A new tinnitus book is under way. Again it is Aage Møller, who initiated this project, and who coordinates the effort of a large number of scientists and clinicians within the TRI community. The book “Textbook of Tinnitus” will be published in October 2010 by Humana/Springer. Arrowread more


NEWSLETTER

The Arrowlatest newsletter offers a table of interesting Upcoming Meetings, recently published literature and ongoing clinical trials


MEETINGS

1st France Acouphènes Congress
In November 2009 the France Acouphenes held their first congress, sponsored by the Tinnitus Research Initiative, at the Ministry of Health in Paris.
Download here the PDF-Filedossier of the congress (in french language - 6,23 MB).

3rd Tinnitus Research Initiative Meeting 2009
The Tinnitus Research Initiative thanks all participants for their active and constructive contribution!
Find more information on the page of the TRI Meeting 20093rd TRI Meeting 2009 Stresa/Italy

EFNS 2008 - 12th Congress of the European Federation of Neurological Societies
Similarities between tinnitus and other CNS disorders suggest synergistic effects. Read about the work results of the TRI Workgroup during the EFNS on the topic
PDF-FileTinnitus: a CNS disorder. Opportunities and needs of a big market.


TRI AND ITS MEMBERS


RICHARD TYLER (USA) and CLAUDIA BARROS COELHO (Brazil)

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Richard Tyler and Claudia Coelho received the Editor's Award of the American Journal of Audiology for the best publication in 2008. The paper on PDF-File "Identifying tinnitus subgroups with cluster analysis"  meets the highest quality standards in research design, presentation, and impact for the given year. It is truly a high honor for Richard Tyler and Claudia Coelho together with their coauthors Pan Tao, Haihong Ji, William Noble, Anne K. Gehringer and Stephanie A. Gogel.


WINFRIED SCHLEE (Germany)
Award of the Schmieder Foundation 2008

Winfried Schlee

Winfried Schlee received the Award of the Schmieder Foundation 2008 for his dissertation on tinnitus research PDF-File "Towards a Global Model of Tinnitus Perception: Multiple Evidence for a Long-Range Cortical Tinnitus Network"
Arrowread more (in german language)

Winner of the "Young Investigator Award" at Biomag 2008
Winfried Schlee received the Young Investigator Award for his excellent presentation of the TRI-funded work about PDF-File"Directed Coherence in the Resting Tinnitus Brain" during the "International Conference on Biomagnetism" (Biomag). Biomag is the most important specialized meeting in the field of magnetoencephalography (MEG). Therefore this award is a high scientific acknowledgment for Winfried Schlee and his coworkers T. Hartmann, N. Müller, I. Lorenz, S. Dalal and N. Weisz.


ANA BELÉN ELGOYHEN (Argentine)
New Research Results on the Hair Cell Nicotinic Cholinergic Receptor

Ana Belén Elgoyhen

Ana Belén Elgoyhen, the leader of the Pharmacological Workgroup, published in a recent issue of PLOS Biology, that a genetically modified cholinergic receptor in the inner ear can enhance noise protecion by the sound limiting system in the inner ear. The encouraging news is, that there is a real chance of finding ear-specific drugs for preventing noise trauma and tinnitus in the future: external link"A Point Mutation in the Hair Cell Nicotinic Cholinergic Receptor Prolongs Cochlear Inhibition and Enhances Noise Protection".

Ana Belén Elgoyhen received the L'Oreal UNESCO Award
Read about Ana Belén Elgoyhen, leader of the Pharmacological Workgroup, who is the external linkLaureate 2008 for Latin America of the "L'oreal UNESCO for women in Science awards"
Among others Ana Belén has been interviewed about Tinnitus for PDF-FilePerfil, an argentine newspaper.


RONALD GOODEY (New Zealand)
Companion to THE NEW ZEALAND ORDER OF MERIT

Ronald Goodey

"The Queen has been pleased, on the occasion of the celebration of the New Year, to make the following appointments to The New Zealand Order of Merit:
Companion to THE NEW ZEALAND ORDER OF MERIT C.N.Z.M
Dr Ronald John GOODEY, of Auckland. For services to otolaryngology."
Source: external linkDepartment of the Prime Minister and Cabinet of New Zealand
We invite you to read the article external link"Doctor humbled by New Year honour" in the "East And Bays Courier", which describes work and inspiration of the ear, nose and throat specialist Dr. Ronald Goodey, who chairs the board of directors of the Tinnitus Research Initiative.


RICARDO FIGUEIREDO and ANDRÉIA AZEVEDO (Brazil)
Best Oral Presentation

Andréia Azevedo and Ricardo Figueiredo

"Tinnitus treatment with Piribedil guided by acoustic otoemissions and electrocochleography" of Ricardo Figueiredo and Andréia Azevedo was awarded as the best oral presentation of the V Congress of the Rio de Janeiro ENT Society.






TANIT GANZ SANCHEZ (Brazil)
President of the X International Tinnitus Seminars

Tanit Ganz Sanchez

Tanit Sanchez, leader of the Somatosensory Workgroup, was awarded as the President of the X International Tinnitus Seminars, to be hold in Aracaju, Brasil, 2011.

Tanit Ganz Sanchez talked in Brasilian TV about the risk of tinnitus in the young people with noise exposure.

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