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Trial reportEuropean 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 Surgery2019

Prevalence and severity of tinnitus in Polish otosclerosis patients qualified for stapes surgery.

Beata Dziendziel, Piotr H Skarżyński, Joanna J Rajchel, Elżbieta Gos, Henryk Skarżyński

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Trial report in 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, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A Systematic Review on the Genetic Contribution to Tinnitus.Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO · 2024
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  3. A Study to Grade the Severity of Tinnitus and its Psychological Impact Using Tinnitus Functional Index (tfi).Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Beata DziendzielTeleaudiology and Screening Department, World Hearing Center, Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Warsaw, Kajetany, Poland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6607-2355
Piotr H SkarżyńskiTeleaudiology and Screening Department, World Hearing Center, Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Warsaw, Kajetany, Poland. p.skarzynski@ifps.org.pl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4978-1915
Joanna J RajchelTeleaudiology and Screening Department, World Hearing Center, Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Warsaw, Kajetany, Poland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5072-8532
Elżbieta GosTeleaudiology and Screening Department, World Hearing Center, Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Warsaw, Kajetany, Poland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3173-3867
Henryk SkarżyńskiOto-Rhino-Laryngology Surgery Clinic, World Hearing Center, Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Warsaw, Kajetany, Poland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7141-9851
Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing · PLMedical University of Warsaw · PL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo assess the prevalence and severity of tinnitus among a group of Polish patients with otosclerosis who qualified for stapes surgery. A secondary objective was to gauge the relationship between tinnitus severity and hearing thresholds.

methodsBased on the eligibility criteria, 460 adults with otosclerosis (236 women, 134 men) were included in the study. The Tinnitus Functional Index (TFI) was used to assess tinnitus severity. Hearing thresholds for air and bone conduction were established using clinical pure-tone audiometry in a soundproof cabin.

resultsBased on the medical interview, tinnitus was the first symptom of otosclerosis in 35% of the participants and 65% of all patients with otosclerosis experienced clinically significant, chronic tinnitus before stapes surgery. For 59% of patients, tinnitus was a significant or severe problem. The degree of hearing loss seemed to be marginally related to the severity of tinnitus reported by the patient.

conclusionsTinnitus is a common complaint among patients with otosclerosis, being a significant or severe problem for more than half of them. For this reason, it is worth considering in the future the implementation of standardized questionnaires for the assessment of tinnitus severity as a routine procedure in the diagnostic process of patients with otosclerosis, as well as in the postoperative period, which will be the next stage of our study.

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Stapes SurgeryAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAudiometry, Pure-ToneBone ConductionFemaleHearing LossHumansMaleMiddle AgedOtosclerosisPolandPrevalenceRisk FactorsAdultsOtosclerosisTinnitusTinnitus Functional Index

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