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Why Is Tinnitus a Problem? A Qualitative Analysis of Problems Reported by Tinnitus Patients.
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Associations Between Subjective Tinnitus and Cognitive Performance: Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses.Trends in hearingPooled it
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- Empowerment, Self-Management and Illness Perception of Users of an Online Self-Help Platform for Tinnitus: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Correlation Between Life Stress and Tinnitus Severity.Otology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology · 2026Article
- The 83 symptoms of tinnitus: Content overlap of commonly used scales for tinnitus burden.PloS one · 2026Article
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- Deep phenotyping to understand hearing and hearing disorders: Protocol for a feasibility study.PloS one · 2025Article
- Tinnitus in Children.Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO · 2024Review
- A Qualitative Study of Veterans' Perspectives on Tinnitus: An Invisible Wound.American journal of audiology · 2024Article
- The Impact of Tinnitus Severity on Work Functioning among U.S. Military Veterans with Tinnitus.Seminars in hearing · 2024Review
- Tinnitus, Suicide, and Suicidal Ideation: A Scoping Review of Primary Research.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- The Analogy between Tinnitus and Chronic Pain: A Phenomenological Approach.Brain sciences · 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
- Social Representations of "Tinnitus" and "Health" among Individuals with Tinnitus Seeking Online Psychological Interventions.Audiology research · 2023Article
- Prediction of Tinnitus Treatment Outcomes Based on EEG Sensors and TFI Score Using Deep Learning.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Towards a psychological framework on time perception in patients with chronic tinnitus.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2023Article
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- What Should Be Considered When Assessing Hyperacusis? A Qualitative Analysis of Problems Reported by Hyperacusis Patients.Brain sciences · 2022Article
- Use of open-ended questionnaires to examine the effects of tinnitus and its relation to patient-reported outcome measures.International journal of audiology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Tinnitus is a prevalent complaint, and people with bothersome tinnitus can report any number of associated problems. Yet, to date, only a few studies, with different populations and relatively modest sample sizes, have qualitatively evaluated what those problems are. Our primary objective was to determine domains of tinnitus problem according to a large clinical data set. This was a retrospective analysis of anonymized clinical data from patients who attended a U.K. Tinnitus Treatment Center between 1989 and 2014. Content analysis was used to code and collate the responses of 678 patients to the clinical interview question "Why is tinnitus a problem?" into categories of problems (domains). We identified 18 distinct domains of tinnitus-associated problems. Reduced quality of life, tinnitus-related fear, and constant awareness were notably common problems. Clinicians need to be mindful of the numerous problem domains that might affect their tinnitus patients. Current questionnaires, as well as being measures of severity, are useful clinical tools for identifying problem domains that need further discussion and possibly measurement with additional questionnaires. The domains identified in this work should inform clinical assessment and the development of future clinical tinnitus questionnaire.
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