The term “neurological tinnitus” is a non-existent concept of tinnitus, stolen from the concept of “neurological deafness”. The term “neurological tinnitus” may give patients the illusion that it is incurable, and may aggravate their prejudice and misunderstanding about tinnitus, causing psychological burden. When you search the Internet and type in “neurological tinnitus”, many explanations will appear, all of which are wrong, and there is no such name as “neurological tinnitus”. According to the Chinese Medical Association’s Society of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, tinnitus with no clear cause is called “idiopathic tinnitus”.