ArticlePloS one2012
Tinnitus: distinguishing between subjectively perceived loudness and tinnitus-related distress.
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- Heterogeneity in response to treatment across tinnitus phenotypes.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Association between tinnitus and hearing impairment among older adults with age-related hearing loss: a multi-center cross-sectional study.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Article
- The Effectiveness of a Smartphone Application for Tinnitus Relief.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Do you Hear what I Hear? A Qualitative Study Examining Psychological Associations Underlying Evaluations of Everyday Sounds in Patients with Chronic Tinnitus.Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Article
- Prediction Models for Tinnitus Presence and the Impact of Tinnitus on Daily Life: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Dual-site transcranial direct current stimulation to treat tinnitus: a randomized controlled trial.Brain : a journal of neurology · 2022Article
- Tinnitus, sound intolerance, and mental health: the role of long-term occupational noise exposure.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2022Article
- Hearing Aid Use Time Is Causally Influenced by Psychological Parameters in Mildly Distressed Patients with Chronic Tinnitus and Mild-to-Moderate Hearing Loss.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Characteristics of tinnitus and factors influencing its severity.Therapeutic advances in chronic disease · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectivesOverall success of current tinnitus therapies is low, which may be due to the heterogeneity of tinnitus patients. Therefore, subclassification of tinnitus patients is expected to improve therapeutic allocation, which, in turn, is hoped to improve therapeutic success for the individual patient. The present study aims to define factors that differentially influence subjectively perceived tinnitus loudness and tinnitus-related distress.
methodsIn a questionnaire-based cross-sectional survey, the data of 4705 individuals with tinnitus were analyzed. The self-report questionnaire contained items about subjective tinnitus loudness, type of onset, awareness and localization of the tinnitus, hearing impairment, chronic comorbidities, sleep quality, and psychometrically validated questionnaires addressing tinnitus-related distress, depressivity, anxiety, and somatic symptom severity. In a binary step-wise logistic regression model, we tested the predictive power of these variables on subjective tinnitus loudness and tinnitus-related distress.
resultsThe present data contribute to the distinction between subjective tinnitus loudness and tinnitus-related distress. Whereas subjective loudness was associated with permanent awareness and binaural localization of the tinnitus, tinnitus-related distress was associated with depressivity, anxiety, and somatic symptom severity.
conclusionsSubjective tinnitus loudness and the potential presence of severe depressivity, anxiety, and somatic symptom severity should be assessed separately from tinnitus-related distress. If loud tinnitus is the major complaint together with mild or moderate tinnitus-related distress, therapies should focus on auditory perception. If levels of depressivity, anxiety or somatic symptom severity are severe, therapies and further diagnosis should focus on these symptoms at first.
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