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Figure 1: Neurophysiological model of tinnitus depicting detection of the neutral tinnitus signal and activation of subcortical structures that filter out the tinnitus signal generated at a peripheral source (cochlea). Other components of the model are not activated and, therefore, there is neither awareness nor annoyance in response to the tinnitus. This depiction of the model is representative of the vast majority of persons with tinnitus, who are neither bothered nor distressed by their tinnitus (After Jastreboff[21])

Figure 1: Neurophysiological model of tinnitus depicting detection of the neutral tinnitus signal and activation of subcortical structures that filter out the tinnitus signal generated at a peripheral source (cochlea). Other components of the model are not activated and, therefore, there is neither awareness nor annoyance in response to the tinnitus. This depiction of the model is representative of the vast majority of persons with tinnitus, who are neither bothered nor distressed by their tinnitus (After Jastreboff<sup>[21]</sup>)