phantom sound ringing of the ear
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Healthy controls: - age: 18 - 65 years - hearing: threshold for individual frequencies
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Healthy controls: - tinnitus: Positive diagnosis of tinnitus ;Patients: - use of hearing aid or tinnitus masker
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Detection performance for target tones with varying frequencies, presented with- and without a cue. The following differences in detection performance are relevant to this study: - differences in performance at the cue frequency and at a different frequency - differences in performance at the tinnitus frequency and at a different frequency - differences in performance at the cue frequency and at the tinnitus frequency - differences in performance at the cue frequency in conditions with- and without a cue The abovementioned differences in target detection performance will be compared between tinnitus patients and age-matched controls. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| In tinnitus patients: - the perceived severity of the tinnitus, as indicated by the tinnitus patient on the VAS (Visual Analog Scale) both before and after the experiments. | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed