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Volume 7, Issue 3 (Suppl)
Otolaryngol (Sunnyvale), an open access journal
ISSN:2161-119X
Head, Neck and Plastic Surgery 2017
June 19-20, 2017
June 19-20, 2017 Philadelphia, USA
5
th
Global Summit and Expo on
Head, Neck and Plastic Surgery
Tinnitus: From the perspective of different medical specialties
Mostafa R Mohamed
Assiut University, Egypt
T
innitus is one of the most widespread disorders of the auditory system, affecting approximately 17% of the general
population. In addition, it is one of the most difficult to treat symptoms in audiological practice. It is the perception of
sound in the absence of an appropriate external sound source. Early treatment included boiling earthworms in goose grease,
cedar sap, rose oil, honey, vinegar, wine, cockroaches ground in rose oil and opium. With all scientific advances, up till now,
there is not one medication specific and successful for treating tinnitus. There are a lot of treatment trials, some gained some
success and some failed. The main obstacle with managing tinnitus is the fact that the place of origin and pathogenesis of
tinnitus is not yet determined. Therefore, dealing with tinnitus should not be restricted to certain medical specialty. Rather, we
need to have a multidisciplinary team to study tinnitus and put theories on diagnosis and management. This presentation aims
at putting a hypothesis on how doctors from different medical disciplines can handle the problem of tinnitus, each from his
point of view and how they should meet at certain target point which is finding optimal treatment for tinnitus.
Biography
Mostafa R Mohamed is an Audio-Vestibular Medicine Consultant and Lecturer at Assiut University, Egypt. He has been practicing in the field of audio-vestibular
medicine since 1999, combining academic, research and clinical activities. In addition, he has his clinic for assessing patients with hearing loss, tinnitus and
vestibular diseases. He is conducting both diagnostic and rehabilitative maneuvers, including acoustical and electrical sound amplification.
m_refaat@yahoo.comMostafa R Mohamed, Otolaryngol (Sunnyvale) 2017, 7:3 (Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2161-119X-C1-016