Was genau ist eigentlich Tinnitus und woher kommt er? Welche Arten des Phantomgeräusches gibt es und was kann man überhaupt dagegen tun? Ein echter Experte und Gast der heutigen Sendung ist Prof. Dr. Christian Dobel. Er ist nicht nur Leiter des Tinnitus-Zentrums des Uniklinikums in Jena, sondern auch…
Jena: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Lehrstuhl für Klinische Psychologie, 2026-03-09
Objective, scalable biomarkers are needed for continuous monitoring of major depressive disorder. Smartphone-collected speech is promising, yet clinically useful signals remain elusive. We analyzed 3151 weekly voice diaries from 284 German-speaking adults (128 MDD, 156 controls) to predict Beck Depression…
Erschienen: Nature Publishing Group UK, 2026-02-28
Background: Chronic non-flaccid peripheral facial palsy is frequently associated with synkinesis, residual motor deficits, and reduced quality of life. Evidence-based, standardized rehabilitation protocols remain limited. This study examined the effect of an intensive two-week electromyography (EMG)…
Dimensionaler Narzissmus beeinflusst signifikant die Schwere von Depression vor der Behandlung und das Wiederauftreten von Depressionen ein Jahr nach der Behandlung über verschiedenste psychische Störungen hinweg, selbst in Abwesenheit einer Persönlichkeitsstörung. Der Zeitpunkt der Messung des Narzissmus…
Introduction: Tinnitus is a chronic condition that can cause considerable psychological distress. While clinical guidelines recommend interdisciplinary treatment, long-term effects remain underexplored. This study evaluated tinnitus-related distress over a 5-year follow-up period following intensive…
Abstract Unilateral peripheral facial palsy (PFP) results in facial asymmetry and functional impairment, reducing quality of life. Accurate, objective assessment is vital for monitoring and rehabilitation. This study presents an automated method utilizes standardized 2D photographs to visualize facial…
London: Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature, 2025-08-27
Zusammenfassung Glück ist ein Thema, das den meisten Personen in unserer Gesellschaft wichtig ist, obwohl es in der politischen und gesellschaftlichen Zielsetzung wenig Bedeutung bekommt. Glück ist jedoch ein bedeutendes Thema in diversen philosophischen Schulen und geht in der westlichen Philosophie…
An Tinnitus leiden zwischen fünf und fünfzehn Prozent der Bevölkerung. Wie die Ursachen sind auch die Behandlungsansätze multikausal. Während aktuelle Behandlungsleitlinien neben technischen Hilfsmitteln auch multimodale Ansätze empfehlen, haben bisherige Studien die Wirkung von Lidocain-Iontophorese…
Abstract High-resolution facial surface electromyography (HR-sEMG) is suited to discriminate between different facial movements. Whether HR-sEMG also allows a discrimination among the six basic emotions of facial expression is unclear. 36 healthy participants (53% female, 18–67 years) were included for…
London: Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature, 2023-11-06
Chronic tinnitus is a global burden due to its high prevalence and socioeconomic costs. The situation is compounded by tinnitus’ unknown neural mechanism and heterogeneous clinical phenotype. To meet the current challenges, we investigated the objective assessment of the tinnitus frequency (TF) by determining…
Purpose: Maintaining static balance is a process coordinated by central integration of visual, vestibular and somatosensory information. Whether or not hearing and spatial acoustic information contributes to the maintenance of static postural balance is unclear. Methods: A prospective observational pilot…
Speech comprehension counts as a benchmark outcome of cochlear implants (CIs), but this disregards the communicative importance of non-verbal social-communicative vocal signals. Accordingly, CI users’ ability to recognize vocal emotions remains strikingly understudied, even though this ability is essential,…
Practicing mindfulness is associated with stress reduction and with positive effects in the context of learning and teaching. Although effects on student populations have been studied extensively, there are few studies implementing mindfulness exercises in university courses directly. For this reason,…
London: Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature, 2023-05-16
Diese Dissertation untersucht die ästhetische Wahrnehmung von abstrakten Kunstbildern, die von menschlichen Künstlerinnen oder mit Hilfe von computer-gestützten Algorithmen, unter anderem mit dem Neural Style Transfer, kurz NST; Kolkin et al. 2019) geschaffen wurden. Mit Hilfe des NST kann der "Stil"…
Abstract The ability to recognize someone’s voice spans a broad spectrum with phonagnosia on the low end and super-recognition at the high end. Yet there is no standardized test to measure an individual’s ability of learning and recognizing newly learned voices with samples of speech-like phonetic variability.…
Tinnitus pathophysiology has been associated with an atypical cortical network that involves functional changes in auditory and non-auditory areas. Numerous resting-state studies have replicated a tinnitus brain network to be significantly different from healthy-controls. Yet it is still unknown whether…
The causes underlying comorbid learning difficulties in reading (RD) and math (MD) are still a matter of debate. Based on current research, two models for the relation of the cognitive profile of isolated and combined learning difficulties (RDMD) are discussed. Regarding the “multi-deficit model”, the…
Tinnitus describes the perception of a phantom sound. Despite appearing on first sight as a sensory phenomenon, chronic tinnitus is characterized by high comorbidity with depression and anxiety. This is evidenced by multiple clinical, but also from neuroscientific findings. Investigating the neural correlates…
Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) is defined as a disorder characterized by (self-reported or externally reported) memory impairment, learning difficulties and reduced ability to concentrate for longer periods. Everyday functions are not severely impaired and the criteria for dementia are not fulfilled.…