Emilia M. G. Colagrosso's research while affiliated with University of Ottawa and other places

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Objectives: It is well recognized that tinnitus can severely interfere with important aspects of life such as sleep, concentration abilities, social activities, and mood. However, the impact of tinnitus may vary greatly from one individual to another, with some being severely affected and others only experiencing a slight handicap. Information fro...

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... The negative correlation between both listening effort (parietal alpha) and tinnitus symptoms perception (TQ12-I scores) with EDA levels could be explained by the less responsive sympathetic nervous system to prepare the body to expend increased energy during the "fight or flight" response [68], due to the pauperization of such energy from tinnitus perception, as deducible from the cascade of negative psychophysical effects caused by tinnitus [85]. Moreover, chronic stress can lead to an "allostatic load" that could be reasonably produced in persons with hearing loss, subjected to increased and sustained cognitive load and stress [10]. ...