adult
Conditions
Interventions
Sixty adults will be recruited at UNIFESP's Audiology and Tinnitus Clinics, on the days of attendance for consultation at these clinics, with no need for physical travel exclusively to participate in
Sponsors
Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP-EPM)
Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP-EPM)
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 59 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: As inclusion criteria, will be selected, individuals aged between 18 and 59 years old, with tinnitus and hearing thresholds within normal limits for pure tone audiometry or hearing loss at high frequencies (above 3kHz). Such subjects must have performed acuphenometry in a previous audiological evaluation and must present constant subjective tinnitus, of the whistle or wheezing type, uni or bilateral. The Control Group will comprise individuals without tinnitus, aged between 18 and 59 years, pure tone audiometry within normal limits or with hearing loss at high frequencies (from 3kHz), with no history of neurological and/or psychiatric alterations.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Individuals with pulsatile tinnitus, psychiatric or neurological diseases diagnosed up to the time of test execution will be excluded from the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| It is expected to find a statistically significant difference between the performance of subjects with and without tinnitus, through the assessment method with the proposed visual auditory Stroop test. In all conclusions obtained through inferential analysis, the level of alpha significance equal to 5% will be used. A worse performance of subjects with tinnitus is expected, confirming the hypothesis of failures in attention and cognitive control mechanisms in tinnitus patients. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| It's expected to find worse performance in the Study Group for stimulus that correspond to the frequency of tinnitus perception. In all conclusions obtained through inferential analysis, the level of alpha significance equal to 5% will be used. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactFátima;Anna Carolina Branco-Barreiro;Perrella de Barros
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Outcome results
None listed