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About Dr. Jastreboff ...

Pawel J. Jastreboff, Ph.D., Sc.D.
Professor and Director
Emory Tinnitus & Hyperacusis Center

After 8 years at Yale University and 8 years at University of Maryland, where he established Tinnitus & Hyperacusis Center Dr. Jastreboff moved to Emory University in January 1999 to continue his research on tinnitus and to create Emory Tinnitus & Hyperacusis Center - a center of excellence for tinnitus research and patients treatment. In 1988, on the basis of research on the physiological mechanisms of tinnitus Dr. Jastreboff proposed a neurophysiological model of tinnitus and Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (TRT). He has also created an animal model of tinnitus, and his present research is aimed at delineating the mechanisms of tinnitus and designing new methods of tinnitus and hyperacusis alleviation. Dr. Jastreboff received a Ph.D. in Neuroscience and Doctor of Sciences Degree (Neuroscience) from the Polish Academy of Science. He did his Postdoctoral training at the University of Tokyo, Japan. He holds Visiting Professor appointments at Yale University School of Medicine and at University College London and Middlesex Hospital, London, England.

Articles by Dr. Pawel Jastreboff:

An early work by Dr. Jastreboff presented in France in 1991 about his creation of an animal model...
Jastreboff, P.J., Brennan, J.F. Animal model of Tinnitus: Recent Developments. Tinnitus '91: Proceedings IV International Tinnitus Seminar, Bordeaux, France 1991.

An important summary of work on the animal model....
Jastreboff, P.J., Sasaki, C.T. An animal model of tinnitus. A decade of development. American Journal of Otology, 15:19-27, 1994.

Moving into evaluation of loudness in the animal model...
Jastreboff, P.J., Brennan, J.F. Evaluating the loudness of phantom auditory perception (tinnitus) in rats. Audiology, 33:202-217, 1994.

Important work on the animal model...
Jastreboff, P.J., Brennan, J.F., Jastreboff, M.M., Hu, S., Zhou, S., Chen, G, -D., Gryczynska, U., Kwapisz, U. Recent Findings from an animal model of tinnitus. Proceedings of the 5th International Tinnitus Seminar, Portland, Oregon, 1995. American Tinnitus Association, Portland, Oregon.

A good resource for audiologists...
Jastreboff, P.J. Instrumentation and tinnitus: A neurophysiological approach. Hearing Instruments, 45:7-11, 1994.

A paper describing the use and fitting of the NGs...
Gold, S.L., Gray, W.C., Jastreboff, P.J. Selection and fitting of noise generators and hearing aids for tinnitus patients. Proceedings of the 5th International Tinnitus Seminar, Portland, Oregon, 1995 (available from the ATA).

An easy to read chapter about TRT...
Jastreboff, P.J., Hazell, J.W.P. Treatment of tinnitus based on a neurophysiological model. Treatment for Tinnitus, a text available from Farnsworth, Allyn, & Bacon, Massachusetts.

A description of the model in a well known journal...
Jastreboff, P.J., Gray, W.C., Gold, L.S. Neurophysiologic approach to tinnitus patients. American Journal of Otology. 17:236-240, 1996.

A thorough examination of the model....excellent reading...
Jastreboff, P.J. Clinical implication of the neurophysiologic model of tinnitus. Proceedings of the 5th International Tinnitus Seminar, Portland, Oregon (available from ATA).

Examination of an important question:
Sheldrake, J.B., Jastreboff, P.J., Hazell., J.W.P. Perspectives for total elimination of tinnitus perception. Proceedings of the 5th International Tinnitus Seminar, Portland, Oregon 1995 (available from the ATA.)