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If you want to study space and explore quantum worlds and computers in greater detail, you need an amplifier, something that will boost the weakest of signals. Now, researchers at Caltech and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have developed a new type of amplifier for boosting electrical signals, according to a joint statement issued by both institutions.
"This amplifier will redefine what it is possible to measure," says Jonas Zmuidzinas, Caltech's Merle Kingsley Professor of Physics, the chief technologist at JPL, and a member of the research team.
"Amplifiers play a basic role in a wide range of scientific measurements and in electronics in general," says Peter Day, a visiting associate in physics at Caltech and a principal scientist at JPL. "For many tasks, current amplifiers are good enough. But for the most demanding applications, the shortcomings of the available technologies limit us."
Conventional transistor amplifiers, similar to the ones that power your car stereo speakers, work with a large span of frequencies. They can also boost signals ranging from the faint to the strong, and this so-called dynamic range enables your speakers to play both the quiet and loud parts of a song. But when an extremely sensitive amplifier is needed to boost the faint, high-frequency radio waves from distant galaxies, transistor amplifiers tend to introduce too much noise, resulting in a signal that is more powerful but less clear.
One type of highly sensitive amplifier is a parametric amplifier, which boosts a weak input signal by using a strong signal called the pump signal. As both signals travel through the instrument, the pump signal injects energy into the weak signal, therefore amplifying it.
About 50 years ago, Amnon Yariv, Caltech's Martin and Eileen Summerfield Professor of Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering, showed that this type of amplifier produces as little noise as possible: the only noise it must produce is the unavoidable noise caused by the jiggling of atoms and waves according to the laws of quantum mechanics. The problem with many parametric amplifiers and sensitive devices like it, however, is that they can only amplify a narrow frequency range and often have a poor dynamic range.
But the Caltech and JPL researchers say their new amplifier, which is a type of parametric amplifier, combines only the best features of other amplifiers. It operates over a frequency range more than ten times wider than other comparably sensitive amplifiers, can amplify strong signals without distortion, and introduces nearly the lowest amount of unavoidable noise. The researchers say that design improvements should be able to reduce that noise to the absolute minimum. Versions of the amplifier can be designed to work at frequencies ranging from a few gigahertz to a terahertz (1,000 GHz). For comparison, a gigahertz is about 10 times greater than commercial FM radio signals in the U.S., which range from about 88 to 108 megahertz (1 GHz is 1,000 MHz).
"Our new amplifier has it all," Zmuidzinas said in a recent statement. "You get to have your cake and eat it too."
One of the key features of the new parametric amplifier is that it incorporates superconductors—materials that allow an electric current to flow with zero resistance when lowered to certain temperatures. For their amplifier, the researchers are using titanium nitride (TiN) and niobium titanium nitride (NbTiN), which have just the right properties to allow the pump signal to amplify the weak signal.
The new amplifier has a host of potential applications, however, the reason the researchers built the device was to help them study the universe. The team built the instrument to boost microwave signals, but the new design can be used to build amplifiers that help astronomers observe in a wide range of wavelengths, from radio waves to X rays.
One example is that the instrument can directly amplify radio signals from faint sources like distant galaxies, black holes, or other exotic cosmic objects. Boosting signals in millimeter to submillimeter wavelengths (between radio and infrared) will allow astronomers to study the cosmic microwave background— the afterglow of the Big Bang — and to peer behind the dusty clouds of galaxies to study the births of stars, or probe primeval galaxies. The team has already begun working to produce such devices for Caltech's Owens Valley Radio Observatory (OVRO) near Bishop, California, about 250 miles north of Los Angeles.
These amplifiers, Zmuidzinas says, could be incorporated into telescope arrays like the Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy at OVRO, of which Caltech is a consortium member, and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile.
Instead of directly amplifying an astronomical signal, the instrument can be used to boost the electronic signal from a light detector in an optical, ultraviolet, or even X-ray telescope, making it easier for astronomers to tease out faint objects.
Because the instrument is so sensitive and introduces minimal noise, it can also be used to explore the quantum world.
Keith Schwab, a professor of applied physics at Caltech, is planning to use the amplifier to measure the behavior of tiny mechanical devices that operate at the boundary between classical physics and the strange world of quantum mechanics. The amplifier could also be used in the development quantum computers—which are still beyond our technological reach but should be able to solve some of science's hardest problems much more quickly than any regular computer.
"It's hard to predict what all of the applications are going to end up being, but a nearly perfect amplifier is a pretty handy thing to have in your bag of tricks," Zmuidzinas says. And by creating their new device, the researchers have shown that it is indeed possible to build an essentially perfect amplifier. "Our instrument still has a few rough edges that need polishing before we would call it perfect, but we think our results so far show that we can get there."
The team recently described the new instrument in the journal Nature Physics. In addition to Zmuidzinas and Day, the other authors of the paper are Byeong Ho Eom, an associate research engineer at Caltech, and Henry LeDuc, a senior research scientist at JPL. This research was supported by NASA, the Keck Institute for Space Studies, and the JPL Research and Technology Development program.
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Hi,
I would like to test an 8 year old for auditory processing disorder. He
has had a hearing test which indicated he had no hearing problems. But
what I notice is that he cannot hear in noisy environments and often
confuses words that rhyme, and often uses the opposite words of what he
means in sentences. So I would like to test for a processing problem.
Please let me know if this is possible at your clinic at his age. Thank
you,
Monica
Tdasa; Which city are you in?
Monica; Airdrie
Tdasa; I'm in Winnipeg. I can suggest you go to see professionals locally who specialize in Speech and Language Pathology, as well as early education and Central Auditory Processing Disorders. You might find such services among government programs associated with the hospitals and schools. They will not charge, and will have all the necessary connections for follow up.
Do not accept any referrals for ritalin or other pschoactive drugs for the child. Beware, once your child is within the schools and health cares system, such channeling into unwanted situations can arise. Early exposure to vaccines and mercury contained therein have been causing an epidemic of subtle disorders in children. Also, allergies can be involved.
That said, it does indeed sound like there is a processing disorder, best to find out exactly to the degree asap. One thing, they can test for CAPD disorder well after age 7 or so, by audiology, and Speech Language Pathologists also have other types of tests. Both an audiologist and a Speech Language Pathologist should be consulted, ideally. SLPs have areas of specialty, so shop for one that works with children and such.
symptoms of CAPD; social misbehaviors /"behavioral problems" frequent
emotional stress
family history sometimes
cant carry musical tunes well
dsylexic behaviors
falling behind at school
sometimes cannot hear well, especially in noise or other distractions
Hare Krishna, God Bless. The Alberta College of Speech Pathologists and Audiologists, can direct you further.
PS How did you get my name, dear? Do we know each other?
database, I must have thought you were in the Airdrie area:
http://www.speechandhearing.ca/en/find-a-professional
I have a referal form and all I need is a speech evaluation now.
I was suggested a ritalen solution as well but, as they say, over my dead
body :)
Thanks so much for your time,
Monica
Dr. József Géza Kiss M.S.C.D.Phys.Ph.D.
Department of Otorhinolaryngology
and Head and Neck Surgery
University of Szeged
Tisza Lajos krt. 111
Szeged 6725
Hungary
Phone: +36-62-455313
email: kjg(a)orl.szote.u-szeged.hu
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Hungary
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Hungary
Phone: +36 72 312151
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Icelandic Otolaryngological Society
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European meetings are held every two years in different countries, and various projects are arranged to further audiology, its practice and teaching throughout the member countries. Over 30 different countries participate and a general assembly is held each year for country representatives.
Draft Analytic Framework
Figure 1. Preliminary analytic framework for treatments of tinnitus
Abbreviations: KQ = key question
Background
Tinnitus is the perception of sound in the absence of an external stimulus, described as “ringing of the ears.” Tinnitus is a distressing condition that can disturb one’s day-to-day life through its annoyance, leading to disruption of sleep, anxiety and depression. An estimated 16 percent of the American population (50 million people) experience tinnitus to some extent, with up to 16 million seeking medical help and 2 million being unable to lead a normal life.1
A variety of conditions and experiences can lead to tinnitus, but its exact physiology is still unknown. As a symptom, it may be associated with a number of conditions—ranging from impacted wax to acoustic tumors—that warrant medical attention. Tinnitus can also be a side-effect of many potentially ototoxic drugs, ranging from aspirin taken to alleviate arthritic pain to life-saving drugs used to treat cancer.2 The severity of tinnitus experienced by patients may vary, depending on their comorbidities. For example, individuals who are deaf may be confused by tinnitus because visual information does not help them understand that their tinnitus is not an external sound. The prevalence of tinnitus increases with age and noise exposure.3 According to the American Tinnitus Association (ATA), noise exposure is the largest attributed cause of tinnitus, making tinnitus the primary disability resulting from active duty in the Armed Forces.4 It is also a common problem of people exposed to hazardous levels of industrial and/or recreational noise.
In both clinical and academic contexts, there is no real consensus in the classification of tinnitus subcategories. A patient is often described as presenting symptoms of either objective or subjective tinnitus. Due to the rarity of objective tinnitus, some investigators have argued that all tinnitus is subjective and should instead be classified by origin, either as somatic or neurophysiologic.5
Somatic tinnitus is classified as tinnitus with an underlying medical condition that creates internal acoustic mechanical sounds; in this case, the tinnitus has a vascular, muscular, respiratory, or temporomandibular joint (TMJ) origin.6 The sounds associated with somatic tinnitus (somatosounds) are most commonly pulsatile and can be heard by an observer either directly or through the use of a stethoscope or microphone. Somatic tinnitus can be treated by identifying the source or the underlying condition and appropriately treating it.6 Although sserious pathology is rarely a cause of tinnitus, pulsatile somatic tinnitus, tinnitus in only one ear (unilateral tinnitus), and tinnitus associated with vertigo require a specialist referral.7
Neurophysiologic tinnitus, in which the perceived sound originates from the auditory nervous system, is the default diagnosis, since most patients experience this subjective form of tinnitus.6 This form of tinnitus is nonpulsatile and most often affects both ears (bilateral tinnitus). It can be heard only by the patient and cannot be directly observed by a physician, thus making it difficult to evaluate these patients. These “phantom sounds” are attributed to a disruption in the neurological auditory pathway.8 Audiological protocols can be used to match the loudness and pitch of the tinnitus perceived by a patient to external sounds with known acoustical parameters.8
Measures such as the Visual Analog Scale (VAS), the Tinnitus Severity Index (TSI), the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI), and the Tinnitus Reaction Questionnaire (TRQ) can be used to evaluate the presence and severity of the tinnitus.9 Psychological grading scales can aid in the discrimination between clinically significant and insignificant tinnitus.10 If the patient suffers from the constant perception and/or annoyance of tinnitus, the condition is identified as chronic tinnitus. The Visual Analog Scale (most often used to assess chronic pain) enables a patient to assign a score of 0 to 10 to his or her tinnitus. The score is assessed in relation to volume and disturbance of the tinnitus.11 The Tinnitus Severity Index provides an index score ranging between 0 and 48 to indicate lesser to greater severity. This score is used to quantify the everyday impact of tinnitus on a patient’s life in five categories: intrusiveness, distress, hearing loss, sleep disturbance, and need for medication.12,13 The Tinnitus Handicap Inventory assesses three main items14:
The Tinnitus Reaction Questionnaire is a scale designed to assess the psychological aspects of tinnitus, in particular the nature and extent of distress caused by the condition.15 The 26-item scale covers various symptoms of personal and social handicaps due to tinnitus (anger, despair, helplessness, intrusiveness, and activity avoidance).
Given the diagnostic challenges presented by the multiple etiologies of tinnitus and the highly subjective presentation of its symptoms, reviewing the comparative effectiveness of the clinical instruments used to identify patients for further evaluation or treatment will form the initial part of our review. The remainder of the review will focus on patients with neurophysiologic (bilateral, nonpulsatile) tinnitus. Patients with this type of tinnitus form the majority of those seeking help because it interferes with some aspect of their lives. Patients diagnosed with unilateral and/or pulsatile tinnitus need to be evaluated for other medical conditions.
Tinnitus Treatments
With neurophysiologic tinnitus, physicians can initially treat the symptoms by prescribing drugs and/or suggesting ways to cope with the discomfort associated with tinnitus. Various clinical evaluation instruments, as identified above, can be used to characterize a subjective diagnosis and measure the severity of tinnitus. The treatment of tinnitus, however, is complicated by its possible interaction with the treatment given for the underlying condition, which may entail the use of ototoxic drugs and/or by comorbidities that modulate the experience of tinnitus. The complex relationships between tinnitus and a range of physical and mental health conditions have complicated the development and the evaluation of intervention strategies.
Treatment methods can be targeted to either “habituate the reaction” by improving the ability of the patient to deal with tinnitus or to “habituate the perception” with the aim of decreasing or eliminating the phantom noises.16 The range of interventions can include the sound treatments and associated technologies, medical/surgical treatments, and psychological treatments outlined below.
Sound treatment and associated technologies
Some therapists consider hearing aids to be a treatment for tinnitus. The rationale for this approach is that making valid external stimuli audible will divert attention or mask the tinnitus that is often associated with hearing loss.17 Other technologies (called “maskers”) are sometimes used by patients who do not have sufficient hearing loss to warrant a hearing aid. Maskers provide an external sound to distract the patient from his or her tinnitus. Masking devices are available both as portable or wearable instruments and as stationary environmental maskers. Masking devices have received Class II approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). However, because they are considered to be “experimental, investigational, or unproven” therapies,17 they are generally not covered under health insurance plans.18 Electrical stimulation is used to stimulate the auditory system and has been shown to provide tinnitus relief, yet the underlying mechanisms of this effect are not yet understood.12 Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) delivers an electrical field to the cerebral cortices modulating the excitability in the area of the cerebral cortex believed to be associated with tinnitus.19 Cochlear implants reduce tinnitus by masking newly perceived sounds or through electrical stimulation of the auditory nerve but are only used on a specific subset of patients.12
Medical/surgical treatments
Pharmacological treatment
Various pharmacological treatments, including antidepressants, anxiolytics, vasodilators and vasoactive substances, and intravenous lidocaine have been prescribed for tinnitus (see Table 1 for examples).20-24 These treatments have generally been indirect solutions because they are focused on an underlying cause or tinnitus-associated symptoms such as depression, stress, or sleep disturbance.25 However, newer medications, such as pramipexole, that attempt to modulate the central hearing pathways are now also being used.26
Temporomandibular joint treatment
Tinnitus, vertigo, and otalgia are recognized complaints that often accompany temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disease.27 TMJ disease consists of a collection of medical and dental conditions that affect the temporomandibular joint, masticulatory muscles, and/or the adjoining structures and cause pain and tenderness, most frequently felt in the jaw and the temple but also in the ear and surrounding area.28 Treatment of TMJ disease can range from the use of dental orthotics and self-care instructions to surgery in instances where injury to the jaw is the underlying cause.29
Complementary and alternative medicine therapies
Complementary and alternative medicine therapies—including G. biloba extracts, acupuncture, and hyperbaric oxygen—are also being used by patients with tinnitus. Extracts from G. biloba leaves are a traditional Chinese medicinal treatment used to increase blood flow, inhibit the platelet-activating factor, alter neuron metabolism, and prevent free radicals from damaging cell membranes. These improvements, as well as relief from tinnitus, are attributed to the chemical compounds flavonoid and terpenoid, which are found within the G. biloba plant.30 The use of acupuncture as a tinnitus treatment originated in East Asian countries and has since expanded to North America. This therapy is suggested to reduce discomfort associated with tinnitus when needles are applied to the hand and face on the affected side.31 Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is suggested to aid in tinnitus relief by improving the oxygen supply to the inner ear.32 This therapy, which is used to treat a variety of medical conditions, requires that the patient sit inside a pressured chamber containing an atmosphere of 100 percent oxygen, which increases the oxygen supply to body tissues.
Individuals seeking general information about tinnitus relief on the Internet will find a dizzying array of other alternative approaches proposed to relieve tinnitus. These include, but are not limited to, diet modifications, such as limiting the intake of high-sodium foods, caffeine, chocolate, and other stimulants and avoiding refined sugars, artificial sweeteners, saturated and unsaturated fats, and monosodium glutamate.33-36
Psychological treatments
Cognitive behavioral therapy
In addition to its association with many physical health problems, tinnitus is also associated with many clinical and subclinical psychological health problems, both as a cause and a consequence of tinnitus. For example, individuals with tinnitus may experience difficulties with attention and anxiety, but those who are most distressed by tinnitus may be psychologically vulnerable.37 Interventions such as cognitive behavioral therapy may effectively increase quality of life by increasing the patient’s ability to deal with chronic tinnitus by restructuring thought patterns and habituating those patterns when reacting to tinnitus.38 Cognitive behavior therapy is suggested as one of the first recommendations a general practitioner should make according to the good practice guidelines developed by the Department of Health in the United Kingdom.39
Tinnitus retraining therapy, biofeedback, education, and relaxation therapies
Since its proposal in 1990, tinnitus retraining therapy has been used to reprogram how a patient interprets the “tinnitus” sounds by combining cognitive behavioral therapy with partial masking.40 Biofeedback, education, and relaxation therapies aim to teach the patient to control or habituate to the perceived ringing and the subsequent distress. Biofeedback treatments are based on the presumption that the stress caused by tinnitus exaggerates a patient’s discomfort.41 Biofeedback therapy for tinnitus involves listening to an audio signal produced by an electromyograph (EMG) of the frontalis muscle. The EMG uses surface electrodes in the detection of muscle action potentials from underlying skeletal muscles that initiate muscle contractions.42 Listening to the audio signal is thought to reduce the perceived ringing and muscle tension. Educating patients about their tinnitus has been proposed to improve the management of tinnitus-related symptoms and their associated discomfort.42 Relaxation therapies also offer strategies to focus the patient’s attention away from the sound, aiming to psychologically improve their symptoms.41 Although these therapies may not eliminate the tinnitus, they aim to improve the subject’s quality of life through habituation to decrease their consciousness of the noise.
Justification for Review
In a rehabilitative context, the discomfort of tinnitus is often more common than hearing loss in triggering people to seek hearing health care, yet typical audiological interventions focus on the remediation of hearing loss rather than on treatments for tinnitus.43 Recent research findings from cognitive and auditory neuroscience studies have advanced our knowledge of the biological underpinnings of some forms of tinnitus, while findings from clinical psychological studies have underscored the interactions among the auditory, cognitive, affective, and mental health issues that must be considered in designing and evaluating interventions to meet the needs of clinical subpopulations of patients. How some people "live with it" so much better than others remains unclear. The comparative effectiveness review we propose offers an opportunity to explore prognostic factors and strategies for the optimal management of tinnitus.
The range of tinnitus treatments has prompted the need for a comparative effectiveness review. Despite many available and promising treatments, there are no universally accepted therapies for managing tinnitus. In 2008, the Tinnitus Research Institute created, and still continues to modify, a flowchart outlining for the diagnosis and management of tinnitus; however, this clinical protocol has yet to be adopted by any government or agency.44 Organizations such as the ATA provide information on a variety of treatment options, but do not endorse or recommend any specific treatment. As mentioned previously, the Department of Health in the United Kingdom has developed a good practice guidelines to assist in tinnitus management.45 Comparable guidelines are currently not standardized in the United States, although individual efforts and strategies appear in the research literature.6,46
As there is no “cure” for tinnitus, the absence of firm guidelines and management strategies demonstrates the need for further evaluation of current treatment options. Our proposed review aims to clarify the effectiveness of the various tinnitus treatments currently in use and their measurable outcomes.
PICOTS Framework
Population(s)
Notes:
a For all KQs, “adults” will include individuals 18 years of age and older.
b For KQs 2–4: Adults diagnosed with unilateral and/or pulsatile tinnitus need to be evaluated for other serious medical conditions and will be excluded from the proposed review.
Interventions
a Information on the FDA approval status of devices is included in Appendix A.
Any combination of tinnitus interventions (e.g., pharmacological treatment with cognitive behavioral therapy)
Comparators
Outcomes
Timing
Setting
References
Appendix A: Medical and Technological Interventions
(where applicable)
Amitriptyline
Elavil, Tryptizol, Laroxyl, Sarotex, Lentizol
Elavil FDA Approval
Amitriptyline Hydrochloride FDA Approval
Notriptyline
Sensoval, Aventyl, Pamelor, Norpress, Allegron, Noritren and Nortrilen
Aventyl FDA Approval
Pamelor FDA Approval
Trimipramine
Surmontil, Rhotrimine, Stangyl
Surmontil FDA Approval
Fluoxetine
Prozac, Sarafem, Fontex
Prozak FDA Approval
Sarafem FDA Approval
Paroxetine
Aropax, Paxil, Seroxat, Sereupin
Paxil FDA Approval
Paroxetine FDA Approval
Alprazolam
FDA Approval
Trazodone
Desyrel, Oleptro, Beneficat, Deprax, Desirel, Molipaxin, Thombran, Trazorel, Trialodine, Trittico, and Mesyrel
Desyrel FDA Approval
Oleptro FDA Approval
Trialodine FDA Approval
Trazodone FDA Approval
Pramipexole
Mirapex, Mirapexin, Sifrol
Mirapex FDA Approval
Pramipexole FDA Approval
Prostaglandin E1
Alprostadil
Alprostadil FDA Approval
Nicotinic acid
Intravenous lidocaine
Lidocaine FDA Approval
Naftidrofuryl
Nafronyl or as the oxalate salt naftidrofuryl oxalate or nafronyl oxalate
Gabapentin
Fanatrex, Gabarone, Gralise, Neurontin, Nupentin
Gabapentin FDA Approval
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K963995
MODEL TM2-BEHIND-THE-EAR TINNITUS
K792214
MODEL TM5 BEHIND EAR TINNITUS MASKER
K791790
MODEL MA3 BEHIND-THE-EAR MASKER/HEARING
K791071
TINNITUS MASKER
K781798
TINNITUS RESEARCH AUDIOMETER
K802560
CRESCENT TINNITUS RETAINING SOUND GENERATOR
K030180
TELEX COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
TELEX TINNITUS-COMPANION
K984243
TINNITUS CONTROL, INC.
TINNITUS PHASE-OUT
K061111
TINNITUS RX
K031624
TINNITUS TREATMENT CENTERS, INC
PILLOW MASKER, C2007M, C2008M,CE2000, WONDER EAR, MINI WONDER EAR, PT-2SM, PT-3SM, PT-3LFM, PT-3HFM
K982432
VICAN INSTRUMENT CO.
TINNITUS MASKERS MODEL S584
K790190
VICON INSTRUMENT CO.
TINNITUS MASKERS, MODELS S564&S574
K771769
TINNITUS AID, MODEL S244
K770938
TINNITUS DEVICES
K790064
A variety of companies produce this device.
Many available, not specific to tinnitus
Many FDA Approvals Exist
A variety of companies produce this device.
Many available, not specific to tinnitus
Many FDA Approvals Exist
NEUROSTAR TMS THERAPY SYSTEM, MODEL 1.1
NEURONETICS
K083538
NEUROSTAR TMS SYSTEM
K061053