ArticleTrends in hearing2015
Toward a Global Consensus on Outcome Measures for Clinical Trials in Tinnitus: Report From the First International Meeting of the COMiT Initiative, November 14, 2014, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Hearing aids for mild to moderate hearing loss in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2026Pooled it
- Systematic review of outcome domains and instruments used in clinical trials of tinnitus treatments in adults.Trials · 2016Pooled it
- Recruiting and retaining participants in e-Delphi surveys for core outcome set development: Evaluating the COMiT'ID study.PloS one · 2018Trial
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- An Open Comparative Study on the Effectiveness of Customized and Non-Customized Sound Therapy for Tinnitus Patients.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- What to Measure? Development of a Core Outcome Set to Assess Remote Technologies for Cochlear Implant Users.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Unravelling the Silence: Exploring Tinnitus Pathophysiology and the Promise of Traditional Chinese Medicine.International journal of general medicine · 2025Review
- Tinnitus and Influencing Comorbidities.Laryngo- rhino- otologie · 2023Review
- Efficacy and factors influencing outcomes of customized music therapy combined with a follow-up system in chronic tinnitus patients.Journal of otolaryngology - head & neck surgery = Le Journal d'oto-rhino-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale · 2023Article
- Special Issue "New Insights into Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Treatment of Tinnitus".Brain sciences · 2022Article
- Prevention of Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Using Investigational Medicines for the Inner Ear: Previous Trial Outcomes Should Inform Future Trial Design.Antioxidants & redox signaling · 2022Review
- Efficacy of Sound Therapy for Tinnitus Using an Enriched Acoustic Environment with Hearing-Loss Matched Broadband Noise.Brain sciences · 2022Article
- Defining a Patient-Centred Core Outcome Domain Set for the Assessment of Hearing Rehabilitation With Clients and Professionals.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Article
- Broadband Sound Equalized by The Hearing Loss Curves as an Improved Stimulus for Tinnitus Retraining Therapy-A Pilot, Non-Controlled Observational Study.The journal of international advanced otology · 2020Observational
- Defining Symptom Concepts in Chronic Subjective Tinnitus: Web-Based Discussion Forum Study.Interactive journal of medical research · 2020Article
- Noninvasive Bimodal Neuromodulation for the Treatment of Tinnitus: Protocol for a Second Large-Scale Double-Blind Randomized Clinical Trial to Optimize Stimulation Parameters.JMIR research protocols · 2019Article
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- Evidence-Based Interventions for Adult Aural Rehabilitation: That Was Then, This Is Now.Seminars in hearing · 2019Review
- Why Is There No Cure for Tinnitus?Frontiers in neuroscience · 2019Article
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Abstract
In Europe alone, over 70 million people experience tinnitus; for seven million people, it creates a debilitating condition. Despite its enormous socioeconomic relevance, progress in successfully treating the condition is somewhat limited. The European Union has approved funding to create a pan-European tinnitus research collaboration network (2014-2018). The goal of one working group is to establish an international standard for outcome measurements in clinical trials of tinnitus. Importantly, this would enhance tinnitus research by informing sample-size calculations, enabling meta-analyses, and facilitating the identification of tinnitus subtypes, ultimately leading to improved treatments. The first meeting followed a workshop on "Agreed Standards for Measurement: An International Perspective" with invited talks on clinimetrics and existing international initiatives to define core sets for outcome measurements in hearing loss (International classification of functioning, disability, and health core sets for hearing loss) and eczema (Harmonizing outcome measures for eczema). Both initiatives have taken an approach that clearly distinguishes the specification of what to measure from that of how to measure it. Meeting delegates agreed on taking a step-wise roadmap for which the first output would be a consensus on what outcome domains are essential for all trials. The working group seeks to embrace inclusivity and brings together clinicians, tinnitus researchers, experts on clinical research methodology, statisticians, and representatives of the health industry. People who experience tinnitus are another important participant group. This meeting report is a call to those stakeholders across the globe to actively participate in the initiative.
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