Objectives: The objectives of this study were: (i) To investigate hearing lost in patients with tinnitus caused by cerumen impaction before and after cerumen removal and its relationship to the tinnitus. (ii) To discuss possible role of synaptic noise by mechanism of stochastic resonance. Methods...
Cerumen impaction need not always result in complete obstruction of the external auditory canal. It may either be asymptomatic in some cases, or present in a myriad of presentations e.g. pain [6], itching [7], sensation of fullness, tinnitus, odour, cough, dizziness, failure to adequately ...