About the Authors

Martin Schecklmann

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany, Interdisciplinary Tinnitus Clinic, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Veronika Vielsmeier

Affiliations Interdisciplinary Tinnitus Clinic, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Thomas Steffens

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Michael Landgrebe

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany, Interdisciplinary Tinnitus Clinic, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Berthold Langguth

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany, Interdisciplinary Tinnitus Clinic, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Tobias Kleinjung

tobias.kleinjung@usz.ch

Affiliations Interdisciplinary Tinnitus Clinic, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS BL TK. Performed the experiments: VV TS ML TK. Analyzed the data: MS TS BL TK. Wrote the paper: MS VV TS ML BL TK.