Correlation Analysis of Hearing Thresholds, Validated Questionnaires and Psychoacoustic Measurements in Tinnitus Patients
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Tinnitus
- Sponsor
- Faculdade de Medicina de Valenca
- Enrollment
- 48
- Locations
- 2
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 16 years ago
Overview
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.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
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
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Not specified