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

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00976547

Enrollment

Registered

2009-09-14

Start date

2009-01-31

Completion date

2009-06-30

Last updated

2009-09-14

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Conditions

Depression, Hearing Loss, Tinnitus

Keywords

tinnitus, depression, audiometry, measurement

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.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 70 Years

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

Countries

Brazil

Outcome results