1.ammara
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I was just wondering if there is any way we can differentiate between tinnitus and auditory hallucinationapart from history, since both are somewhat similar and confusing terms. Also, if a patient is suffering from temporal lobe epilepsy, prodromal stage may be characterised by hearing sounds by the pateint,will we call them auditory hallucinations or tinnitus?
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| sidiyaa
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for me they seem to be quite different the tinnitus is like ringing with constant intensity and frequency, and the hallucinations are sounds with diffrent intensity and frequency ,sometime clear voices .......... .
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| 1.ammara
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well i got the exact answer. let me explain. Tinnitus and auditory hallucinations are quite similar yet different terms, similar because both are hearing of sounds without external stimulus. but the sounds that are heard in tinnitus have simple tonal quality, means monotones e.g hissing, rushing of water, whistling, etc. and a. hallucinations are complex sounds e.g music, words, hearing voices, etc. tinntius can be due to any pathology from ext. ear upto the brain even but only few sites in the brain, mainly its the ear pathology. on the other hand, auditory hallucinations can be of psychiatric or non-psychiatric origin,the latter e.g in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. however, a patient with TLE can complain of either tinntius or a. hallucinations or even both like i wrote earlier that the pathology of tinnitus can be in the brain also sometimes.
thats it!
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