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Abbreviations

A1:

Primary auditory cortex

A2:

Secondary auditory cortex

ADT:

Auditory discrimination training

AOIL:

Auditory object identification and localization

ASSR:

Auditory steady-state response

EAE:

Enriched acoustic environment

LDL:

Loudness discomfort level

LM:

Loudness matching

MML:

Minimum masking level

QE:

Quiet environment

RI:

Residual inhibition

THI:

Tinnitus handicap inventory

THQ:

Tinnitus handicap questionnaire

TRQ:

Tinnitus reaction questionnaire

TRT:

Tinnitus retraining therapy

TSI:

Tinnitus severity index

VAS:

Visual analog scales

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Preparation of this chapter was assisted by grants from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, the American Tinnitus Association, and the Tinnitus Research Initiative.

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Roberts, L.E., Bosnyak, D.J. (2011). Auditory Training in Tinnitus. In: Møller, A.R., Langguth, B., De Ridder, D., Kleinjung, T. (eds) Textbook of Tinnitus. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-145-5_72

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