Association of sleep terror, walking or talking and tinnitus

Abstract

Background/purpose: Sleep disturbances are associated with chronic tinnitus in humans. However, whether parasomnias are associated with chronic tinnitus is unclear. This study aims to investigate this issue. Methods: Clinical data for 2907 subjects who had visited the Sleep Center of a community hospital in Taiwan during November 2011 to June 2017 were collected retrospectively. The association of chronic tinnitus with sleep terror, sleep walking, and sleep talking was analyzed using Pearson's Chi-Square test and multivariate logistic regression. Results: The cohort age ranged from 7 to 91 years old, with a mean age of 49.8 years (standard deviation, 14.3 years). The cohort included 1937 patients without and 970 patients with chronic tinnitus. The percentage of patients who experienced sleep terror was significantly higher among those with tinnitus than those without (p 45 years. Conclusion: Sleep terror is positively associated with chronic tinnitus, especially in young adults.

Keywords

• Parasomnias
• Sleep terror
• Sleep walking
• Sleep talking
• Tinnitus