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Abbreviations

MTP:

Myofascial trigger points

PA:

Pressure algometry

TMJ:

Temporomandibular joint

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Acknowledgments

The authors thank the Tinnitus Research Initiative for the creation and support of the workgroup of Somatosensory Tinnitus and Modulating Factors.

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology, University of São Paulo Medical School, Av. Padre Pereira de Andrade, 545/174-F, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, 05469-000

    Tanit Ganz Sanchez & Carina Bezerra Rocha

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  1. School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, USAUSA

    Aage R. Møller

  2. Department of Psychiatry Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

    Berthold Langguth

  3. BRAI2N/TRI Tinnitus Clinic and Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Antwerp, Wilrijkstraat 10, 2650, Edegem, Belgium

    Dirk De Ridder

  4. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

    Tobias Kleinjung

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Sanchez, T.G., Rocha, C.B. (2011). Diagnosis of Somatosensory Tinnitus. In: Møller, A.R., Langguth, B., De Ridder, D., Kleinjung, T. (eds) Textbook of Tinnitus. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-145-5_52

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