The 9th Annual International TRI Tinnitus Symposium will take place in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It will be three days of stimulating and educating talks and discussions. It will explore basic mechanisms underlying tinnitus including cochlear damage consequences, synaptic plasticity, non-auditory (limbic, attentional, somatosensory) networks, as well as many areas of translational research. Invited speakers include world experts from around the globe within and outside of the field of tinnitus.