EDITORIALS

The Twenty-sixth Annual Meeting of the International Tinnitus Forum, September 20, 2008, Chicago, IL.Abraham Shulman

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In Memoriam: Hubert L. Rosomoff, MD, D Med Sc, FACS, April 11, 1927–June 5, 2008.Abraham Shulman

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In Memoriam: Erwin Roy John, PhD, August 14, 1924–February 28, 2009.Abraham Shulman

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SECTION: ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Final Common Pathway for Tinnitus: Theoretical and Clinical Implications of Neuroanatomical Substrates. Abraham Shulman, Barbara Goldstein, and Arnold M. Strashun

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The Windowed Sound Therapy: A New Empirical Approach for an Effective Personalized Treatment of Tinnitus. Marco Lugli, Romano Romani, Stefano Ponzi, Salvatore Bacciu, and Stefano Parmigiani

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SECTION: CLINICAL SCIENCE—MEDICINE/SURGERY

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: Summary of the Proceedings of the Twenty-sixth Annual Meeting of the International Tinnitus Forum. Abraham Shulman

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SECTION: NEUROTOLOGY AND ABNORMAL SENSORY PHENOMENA

Investigation of Auditory Brainstem Function in Elderly Diabetic Patients with Presbycusis. Jelena Kovačić, Zoran Lajtman, Ivan Ožegović, Predrag Knežević, Tomislav Carić, and Ana Vlašić

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Disequilibrium and Its Management in Elderly Patients. Fernando Vaz Garcia

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Inner-Ear Function Test in Cases of Posterior Canal–Type Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo. Masaoki Wada, Hideaki Naganuma, Koji Tokumasu, Akihiko Ito, and Makito Okamoto

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The Effect of a New Treatment Based on Somatosensory Stimulation in a Group of Patients with Somatically Related Tinnitus. David Homayoun Latifpour, Jan Grenner, and Catharina Sjödahl

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Transtympanic Electrical Stimulation for Immediate and Long-Term Tinnitus Suppression. Walter Di Nardo, Francesca Cianfrone, Alessandro Scorpecci, Italo Cantore, Sara Giannantonio, and Gaetano Paludetti

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SECTION: BOOK REVIEWS

Reviews of Diabetes Epidemic and You by Joseph R. Kraft. Kenneth H. Brookler, Abraham Shulman, and Wallace Rubin

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Review of Tinnitus: Pathophysiology and Treatment Volume 166 (Progress in Brain Research) edited by Berthold Langguth, Goran Hajak, Tobias Kleinjung, Anthony Cacace, and Aage R. Moller. Abraham Shulman

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SECTION: MEETINGS AND EVENTS

Meetings and Events.

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EDITORIALS

The Twenty-seventh Annual Meeting of the International Tinnitus Forum: The End of an Era and a New Future for State-of-the-Art Education for Tinnitus Professionals: The First Named International Tinnitus Mini-Seminar of the AAO-HNS. Abraham Shulman

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Remarks Honoring Dr. Abraham Shulman, Dr. Barbara Goldstein, and the Martha Entenmann Tinnitus Research Center: Twenty-seventh Annual Meeting of the International Tinnitus Forum, October 3, 2009 .John W. House

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SECTION: ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Blunt and Blast Head Trauma: Different Entities.Michael E. Hoffer, Chadwick Donaldson, Kim R. Gottshall, Carey Balaban, and Ben J. Balough

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Fluid Dynamics Vascular Theory of Brain and Inner-ear Function in Traumatic Brain Injury: A Translational Hypothesis for Diagnosis and Treatment. Abraham Shulman and Arnold M. Strashun

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Energy Psychology and Thought Field Therapy in the Treatment of Tinnitus. Robert J. Pasahow

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SECTION: AUDIOLOGY

Impact of Tinnitus on Quality of Life, Loudness and Pitch Match, and High-Frequency Audiometry. Raquel Prestes and Daniela Gil

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SECTION: CLINICAL SCIENCE—MEDICINE/SURGERY

Medicine-Based Evidence: Reverse Translational Ear Research Recommendations. Kenneth H. Brookler

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Review: Quantitative Electroencephalography for Tinnitus—A Means for Data Collection, Analysis, and Translation. Erik S. Viirre

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SECTION: NEUROTOLOGY AND ABNORMAL SENSORY PHENOMENA

Strategies for Enhancement of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Effects in Tinnitus Patients. Tobias Kleinjung and Berthold Langguth

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Brief Report: Effects of Caffeine on Postural Stability. Ashlee Enriquez, Jessica Sklaar, Erik Viirre, and Bradley Chase

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The Value of Transcranial Cerebral Sonography in Diagnosing Neurootological Disorders. F. Lehrer, Ayo Ogunlusi, Judith Knutsen, and Robert J. Marchbanks

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Recent Experience with the Neuromonics Tinnitus Treatment. John C. Goddard, Karen Berliner, and William M. Luxford

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Neurootological Differentiations in Endogenous Tinnitus. Claus-F. Claussen and Arti Pandey

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Experience with a Medicolegal Decision-Making System for Occupational Hearing Loss–Related Tinnitus. Philippe H. Dejonckere, Christiane Coryn, and Jean Lebacq

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Correlation Between Arteriosclerotic Changes and Prognosis in Patients with Peripheral Vestibular Disorders. Masaoki Wada, Hideaki Naganuma, Koji Tokumasu, and Makito Okamoto

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Sudden Hearing Loss: A Ten-Year Outpatient Experience. Roseli Saraiva Moreira Bittar, Jeanne Oiticica, Fabio Elias Zerati, and Ricardo Ferreira Bento

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SECTION: BOOK REVIEWS

Reviews of Wind Turbine Syndrome: A Report on a Natural Experiment by Nina Pierpont. Abraham Shulman

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SECTION: MEETINGS AND EVENTS

Meetings and Events.

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