The effect of caffeine on people's perception of tinnitus
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- TinnitusC09.218.458.670
- 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
Name Time Method 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
Name Time Method Same configuration of outer hair cells verified by means of otoacoustic emissions being found same relation signal signal noise