Correlation Analysis of Hearing Thresholds, Validated Questionnaires and Psychoacoustic Measurements in Tinnitus Patients

Completed

• Conditions: Tinnitus; Hearing Loss; Depression

• Registration Number: NCT00976547
• Lead Sponsor: Faculdade de Medicina de Valenca

Brief Summary

Objective: To evaluate the correlation between audiometric thresholds, pitch matching (PM), minimum masking level (MML), Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI) and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) in tinnitus patients.

Subjects: 48 patients with tinnitus as the main complaint from OTOSUL, Otorrinolaringologia Sul-Fluminense, Volta Redonda, RJ, Brasil and Centro de Tratamento e Pesquisa em Zumbido, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.

Method: Subjects performed tonal audiometry, Pitch Matching (PM) and Minimum Masking Level (MML) for tinnitus. They also fulfilled the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Data was statistically compared for correlation between audiometric thresholds, psycho-acoustic measures and questionnaires.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-01
• Primary Completion: 2009-05
• Study Completion: 2009-06
• Status Verified: 2009-09
• Study First Submitted: 2009-09-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2009-09-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2009-09-11
• Study First Posted: 2009-09-14
• Last Update Posted: 2009-09-14

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 48

Inclusion Criteria

• tinnitus for more than 6 months
• sensorineural hearing loss
• normal otoscopy

Exclusion Criteria

• conductive or mixed hearing losses
• A-r, A-d, B and C tympanograms
• tinnitus treatment in the last 6 months
• pregnant woman
• Vestibular Schwannoma

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

OTOSUL,Otorrinolaringologia Sul-Fluminense; 🇧🇷 Volta Redonda, RJ, Brazil

Centro de Diagnóstico e Tratamento do Zumbido; 🇧🇷 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil