Track Your Tinnitus

Tinnitus is defined as an auditory perception in the absence of any physical source. Almost everyone will experience some form of tinnitus at least once in the lifetime and in most of the cases this sensation disappears within seconds or minutes. However, in approximately 10% of the population the tinnitus persists for more than six months and can remain chronic for the rest of the life.

Even in the chronic case, the perception of the tinnitus can vary during the day and between days being sometimes more and sometimes less perceivable. The variation can depend on many factors including environmental noise, the daily activity, stressful life events, time of the day and much more. Many people have a good feeling of their tinnitus variation and can reconstruct it from memory to some extent - but how was the timeline of the variation exactly? Until recently it was not possible to systematically track the tinnitus perception over several weeks.

With this research project we want to offer a method to track the individual tinnitus perception with a smart phone application. Using the website in conjunction with your phone you can systematically track the variation of your tinnitus and find out how it is associated with your daily routine and activities. Your answers will also help us learn to more about the daily variation of the tinnitus perception, its causes and effects.

About the Team

TrackYourTinnitus was developed by the Tinnitus Research Initiative (TRI) and the Institute for Databases and Information Systems (DBIS) at the University of Ulm. The team members are:

Dr. Winfried Schlee (Tinnitus Research Initiative)

Susanne Staudinger (Tinnitus Research Initiative)

PD Dr. Berthold Langguth (Tinnitus Research Initiative)

PD Dr. Michael Landgrebe (Tinnitus Research Initiative)

Jochen Herrmann (DBIS, University of Ulm)

Rüdiger Pryss (DBIS, University of Ulm)

Prof. Dr. Manfred Reichert (DBIS, University of Ulm)

Christian Kippes (independent)

If you have questions, feedback or suggestions please don't hesitate to contact us under info@trackyourtinnitus.org.

耳鸣被定义为在没有任何物理源的听觉感知。几乎每个人都会经历某种形式的耳鸣至少一次的寿命，在大多数的情况下，这种感觉在数秒或数分钟内消失。然而，在人口的约10％的耳鸣持续超过六个月，并能保持长期的余生。

即使在慢性情况下，耳鸣的感知可以在白天和天即有时多有时少感知之间变化。的变化可能取决于许多因素，包括环境噪音，日常活动，生活压力事件，一天的时间等等。很多人有一个良好的感觉他们的耳鸣的变化，可以从内存中重建它在一定程度上 - 但如何是变异的时间表是什么呢？直到最近，它是不可能在几个星期内，有系统地跟踪耳鸣感觉。

有了这个研究项目，我们希望提供一个方法来与智能手机应用程序追踪单个耳鸣感知。使用与您的手机相结合的网站，你可以系统地跟踪您的耳鸣的变化，并找出它是如何与你的日常工作​​和活动有关。您的答案也将帮助我们学习更多关于耳鸣的感知，其原因和影响的日变化。

关于团队

TrackYourTinnitus由耳鸣研究计划（TRI）和研究所的数据库和信息系统（DBIS）在乌尔姆大学开发。该小组成员包括：

温弗里德SCHLEE博士（耳鸣研究计划）

苏珊·施陶丁格（耳鸣研究计划）

帕金森博士贝特霍尔德Langguth（耳鸣研究计划）

帕金森博士迈克尔兰德格里伯（耳鸣研究计划）

约亨·赫尔曼（DBIS，乌尔姆大学）

吕迪格Pryss（DBIS，乌尔姆大学）

教授曼弗雷德·赖克特博士（DBIS，乌尔姆大学）

基督教Kippes（独立）

如果您有任何疑问，意见或建议，请不要犹豫与我们联系下info@trackyourtinnitus.org。