OpinionPublished 24 September 2026Framing tinnitus-correlated distress as a brain disorder may contribute to the very distress it seeks to explainBenjamin Boecking · Kurt Steinmetzger · Matthias Rose · Petra Brueggemann · Birgit MazurekFrontiers in Audiology and Otologydoi 10.3389/fauot.2026.1914013