About the Authors

Winfried Schlee

Winfried.Schlee@uni-ulm.de

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Biological Psychology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Tobias Kleinjung

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

Wolfgang Hiller

Affiliation Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Mainz, Regensburg, Germany

Gerhard Goebel

Affiliation Medical-Psychomatic Hospital, Schoen Clinic Roseneck, Prien, Germany

Iris-Tatjana Kolassa

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Biological Psychology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Berthold Langguth

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WH GG. Performed the experiments: WH GG. Analyzed the data: WS BL TK. Wrote the paper: WS TK WH GG IK BL.