Textbook of Tinnitus
Groundbreaking, comprehensive, and developed by a panel of leading international experts in the field, Textbook of Tinnitus provides a multidisciplinary overview of the diagnosis and management of this widespread and troubling disorder. Importantly, the b
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Aage R. Møller • Berthold Langguth Dirk De Ridder • Tobias Kleinjung Editors
Textbook of Tinnitus
Editors Aage R. Møller The University of Texas at Dallas School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Richardson, Texas, USA [email protected] Berthold Langguth University of Regensburg Department of Psychiatry Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics Regensburg, Germany [email protected]
Dirk De Ridder BRAI2N/TRI Tinnitus Clinic and Department of Neurosurgery University Hospital Antwerp Wilrijkstraat 10 2650 Edegem Belgium [email protected] Tobias Kleinjung University of Regensburg Department of Otorhinolaryngology Regensburg, Germany [email protected]
ISBN 978-1-60761-144-8 e-ISBN 978-1-60761-145-5 DOI 10.1007/978-1-60761-145-5 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2010934377 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of going to press, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with re-spect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Foreword
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