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6th INTERNATIONAL TRI CONFERENCE ON TINNITUS 2012
June 13 - 16, 2012, Bruges (Belgium)

Announcement

Research Topic:
RINGING EARS: THE NEUROSCIENCE OF TINNITUS
at Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

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“With their unique mixes of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Research Topics unify the most influential researchers, the latest key findings and historical advances in a hot research area!” (Source: www.frontiersin.org)
Jos Eggermont and Larry Roberts took this opportunity to launch a topic on neuroscience of tinnitus. ...read more
The first articles are already available in the

Articles Section.

RICHARD SALVI NAMED SUNY DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR BY BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Richard Salvi

Richard Salvi, professor in the Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences at the University at Buffalo and Chairman of the Scientific Committee of TRI, has been named a SUNY Distinguished Professor, the highest faculty rank in the system of The State University of New York (SUNY). The distinguished professorship recognizes and honors individuals who have achieved national or international prominence in their fields. ...read more

ANA BELÉN ELGOYHEN WAS AWARDED THE 2011 TWAS PRIZE IN BIOLOGY

Ana BelÃ©n Elgoyhen

Belén Elgoyhen, leader of the TRI pharmacological workgroup, was honoured for her contributions to the understanding of the molecular basis of hearing. ...read more

WINFRIED SCHLEE HAS WON A RESEARCH INCENTIVE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ULM

Winfried Schlee

This Research Bonus is intended for the initial funding of projects of junior researchers. Winfried Schlee received this funding for his geriatric and tinnitus research. ...read more (in German)

THE TRI DISCUSSION FORUM IS ONLINE NOW
This area should provide an opportunity to discuss about topics related to TRI and/or Tinnitus Research.
We are looking forward to your ideas and thoughts!

TRI DISCUSSION FORUM

5th INTERNATIONAL TRI CONFERENCE ON TINNITUS 2011
The Neuroscience of Tinnitus
August 19 - 21, 2011, Buffalo, NY (USA)
TRI wants to thank the organizers (Richard Salvi, Carol Altman, Ed Lobarinas, Brian Allman) for preparing an excellent conference and all participants who contributed through their presentations and discussions to a very succesful meeting.

Participants of the 5th International TRI Conference on Tinnitus Click image to open the meeting page. More impressions on Facebook (provided by ATA).

More than 200 participants from 26 countries gathered in Buffalo, NY (USA) August 19 till August 21, 2011. The presentations during the conference demonstrated in an impressive way the impressive progress in the understanding of tinnitus made in the last years through neuroscientific research. A better understanding of tinnitus has prompted new therapeutic options which have shown first promise in pilot studies.
More information can be found in the

Conference PROGRAM and the

ABSTRACT Book.
(click for download)
We hope to see all of you next year for the

6th TRI Meeting in Bruges, Belgium.

MATTEO DE NORA, Founder of the TRI Tinnitus Research Initiative, has been appointed a
COMPANION TO THE NEW ZEALAND ORDER OF MERIT

Dr. Matteo de Nora

"The Queen has been pleased, on the occasion of the celebration of Her Majesty's Birthday, 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 Matteo de Nora, of Monaco. For services to yachting and medicine.
(Source:

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet of New Zealand)
We invite you to read the article

"Team NZ benefactor also funds vital research into tinnitus" in "The New Zealand Herald", which describes inspiration and commitment of Dr. de Nora.
Read more about Dr. de Nora's own vision of TRI in the

Foreword of the Textbook of Tinnitus.

"SEARCHING FOR THE SOURCE OF PHANTOM SOUNDS"
Jenny Marder reports about the neuroscientist Josef Rauschecker and his novel theory on the origins of tinnitus.
Rauschecker and his team published a study in the journal "Neuron", that showed that patients with tinnitus were more likely to have structural changes in the brain's prefrontal cortex and hyperactivity in the nucleus accumbens, a region of neurons deep in the brain, known to play a role in pleasure, addiction, aggression and fear.
Read more:

PBS NEWSHOUR - Science and Technology: Searching for the Source of Phantom Sounds

A NEW TREATMENT APPROACH FOR TINNITUS IN "NATURE"
A very promising new approach for the treatment of tinnitus, which had been first presented at the TRI conference in Dallas, has been published in the recent volume of "Nature".
Navzer Engineer, Michael Kilgard and their collegues were able to demonstrate reversal of tinnitus related neuroplastic changes in the auditory cortex of rats by combining specific auditory stimulation with vagus nerve stimulation. Please read more at

Navzer D. Engineer et al.: Reversing pathological neural activity using targeted plasticity
and

Nature study shows that Nerve Stimulation Therapy Can Eliminate Tinnitus in an Animal Model. (PDF 227 kb)

RICHARD SALVI AT MICROSOFT^® RESEARCH

Richard Salvi's talk on Remodeling Sensory and Motor Circuits in the Brain

Richard Salvi (University at Buffalo), Chairman of the Scientific Committee of TRI and Organizer of the International TRI Tinnitus Conference 2011, talked about "Remodeling Sensory and Motor Circuits in the Brain: New Insights from Hearing Loss and Tinnitus".
He presented background and described recent studies of the remarkable neuroplastic reorganization in the auditory cortex in response to hearing loss, touching on how studies of tinnitus and hearing loss provide a window into the organization and operation of the nervous system.

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TEXTBOOK OF TINNITUS

Textbook of Tinnitus

The new tinnitus book is available now.
At the Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience the “Textbook of Tinnitus” has been presented.
Initiated and edited by Aage Møller, Berthold Langguth, Tobias Kleinjung and Dirk de Ridder and authored by over 100 tinnitus experts this new comprehensive textbook covers in 96 chapters the diagnosis and the therapy of tinnitus.

order now or read online

Interview of the American Academy of Audiology with Aage R. Møller, PhD

IOWA HYPERACUSIS PROJECT
Hyperacusis is difficult to treat, in part because so little is known about it. The University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics have begun a major research effort to understand hyperacusis and develop treatment options.
Please go to our
hyperacusis web site
and complete the questionnaires. Please ask anyone you know with hyperacusis to complete the questionnaire.
Thank you so much for your help
Jennifer Parrish and Rich Tyler
The University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics
Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck

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