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The effect of caffeine on people's perception of tinnitus

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Tinnitus
C09.218.458.670
Registration Number
RBR-4crf4d
Lead Sponsor
niversidade de Brasilia - UnB
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
Not specified
Inclusion Criteria

Volunteers who are over 18 years of age and who seek medical consultation with tinnitus

Exclusion Criteria

Objective tinnitus, or acute tinnitus, or who have psychiatric and / or cognitive disorders, or alteration of the middle and / or external ear

Study & Design

Study Type
Intervention
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Even pitch (Hz) and loudness (dB) in the pre and post caffeine exposure measurements, verified by means of acufenometry from less than one octave to pitch (Hz) and less than 5dB in loudness<br><br>;Even the high frequency threshold in the pre and post caffeine exposure measures, demonstrated by means of a threshold search in high frequency audiometry from a variation of less than 10dB in each frequency evaluated<br><br>;Even uncomfortable with tinnitus demonstrated by THI (Tinnitus handicap inventory) and EVA (Visual Analogue Scale), with a variation of less than 2 points in VAS and of permanence in the same classification category in the THI
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Same configuration of outer hair cells verified by means of otoacoustic emissions being found same relation signal signal noise
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