Exploring the Links Between Hearing, Cognition and Brain Activity in People With Tinnitus

Exploration Des Liens Entre Audition, Cognition et activité cérébrale Chez Des Personnes présentant un acouphène

The goal of this observational study is to understand the mechanisms underlying tinnitus, and improve the clinical assessment strategies needed to develop targeted therapeutic interventions by comparing endogenous attention capacities in healthy subjects and subjects with tinnitus

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age ≥ 18 years
• Good written and oral comprehension of the French language
• Normal or corrected vision

Group of people with tinnitus :

- Chronic tinnitus > 3 months, uni or bilateral, stable (no period of remission)

Control group :

- No tinnitus

Exclusion Criteria:

• Presence of a known neurological disorder
• Presence of a known degenerative pathology
• Presence of a known hearing impairment
• Presence of a motor disability of the upper limbs
• Severe or profound deafness on one or both sides
• Person under legal protection (guardianship, curatorship, etc.)
• Use of hearing aids