Journal article
Comparison of Tinnitus Loudness Measures: Matching, Rating, and Scaling
American journal of audiology, v 28(1), pp 137-143
01 Mar 2019
PMID: 31022361
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Abstract
Purpose: Chronic tinnitus ("ringing in the ears") is a phantom auditory perception with no cure. A goal of treatment is often to reduce the loudness of tinnitus. However, tinnitus loudness cannot be measured objectively. It is most commonly assessed by obtaining a loudness match (LM) with a pure tone and by using a numeric rating scale (NRS). Constrained loudness scaling (CLS) is a more recent measure of tinnitus loudness that utilizes auditory training of a fixed loudness scale to guide tinnitus loudness judgments. The purpose of this study was to compare results using these 3 measures of tinnitus loudness.
Method: This study obtained tinnitus loudness measures of LM, NRS, and CLS with 170 participants. These participants are part of a larger study obtaining repeated measures over 6 months. Only baseline data are presented.
Results: Correlations between all measures were weak to moderate: LM versus CLS (r = .46), CLS versus NRS (r = .49), and LM versus NRS (r = .38).
Conclusion: Further systematic research is needed to more fully understand the relationships between these different measures and to establish a valid measure of tinnitus loudness.
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- Title
- Comparison of Tinnitus Loudness Measures: Matching, Rating, and Scaling
- Creators
- Candice Manning - VA Portland Health Care SystemLeslie Grush - VA Portland Health Care SystemEmily Thielman - VA Portland Health Care SystemLarry Roberts - McMaster UniversityJames A. Henry - VA Portland Health Care System
- Publication Details
- American journal of audiology, v 28(1), pp 137-143
- Publisher
- Amer Speech-Language-Hearing Assoc
- Number of pages
- 7
- Grant note
- C9247S / VA Rehabilitation Research & Development Service Grant C9247S / Research Career Scientist award by VA Rehabilitation Research & Development Service Grant I01RX001205 / Veterans Affairs; US Department of Veterans Affairs
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Audiology - Distance
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000461721000013
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85064224872
- Other Identifier
- 991022058602104721
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- Domestic collaboration
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- Web of Science research areas
- Audiology & Speech-language Pathology
- Otorhinolaryngology