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ReviewJournal of integrative bioinformatics2022

A device and an app for the diagnosis and self-management of tinnitus.

Pierpaolo Vittorini, Pablo Chamoso, Fernando De la Prieta

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Review in Journal of integrative bioinformatics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 38% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Pierpaolo VittoriniDepartment of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6975-8958
Pablo ChamosoIBSAL/BISITE Research Group, University of Salamanca, Calle Espejo 12, Edificio I+D+i, 37007 Salamanca, Spain.
Fernando De la PrietaIBSAL/BISITE Research Group, University of Salamanca, Calle Espejo 12, Edificio I+D+i, 37007 Salamanca, Spain.
Universidad de Salamanca · ESUniversity of L'Aquila · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tinnitus is an annoying ringing in the ears, in varying shades and intensities. Tinnitus can affect a person's overall health and social well-being (e.g., sleep problems, trouble concentrating, anxiety, depression and inability to work). The diagnostic procedure of tinnitus usually consists of three steps: an audiological examination, psychoacoustic measurement, and a disability evaluation. All steps are performed by physicians, who use specialised hardware/software and administer questionnaires. This paper presents a system, to be used by patients, for the diagnosis and self-management of tinnitus. The system is made up of an app and a device. The app is responsible for executing - through the device - a part of the required audiological and psychoacoustic examinations, as well as administering questionnaires that evaluate disability. The paper reviews the quality of the automated audiometric reporting and the user experience provided by the app. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to support the findings. The results show that automated reporting is comparable with that of physicians and that user experience was improved by re-designing and re-developing the acufenometry of the app. As for the user experience, two experts in Human-Computer Interaction evaluated the first version of the app: their agreement was good (Cohen's

Indexed as

Mobile ApplicationsSelf-ManagementTinnitusHumansSurveys and Questionnairesacufenometryappaudiometrydevicetinnitus

Identifiers

PMID36039680
PMCPMC9534487
OpenAlexW4293598669

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