Assessing audiological, pathophysiological, and psychological variables in chronic tinnitus: A study of reliability and search for prognostic factors

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 312-330

  Hiller, Wolfgang ^a,b   Goebel, Gerhard ^a  

^a Roseneck Center of Behavioral Medicine   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic tinnitus; Prognostic factors; Structured Tinnitus Interview; Test retest reliability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGY; AUDITORY MASKING; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENIERE DISEASE; NOISE INJURY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; TINNITUS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0033490034     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327558ijbm0604_2     Document Type: Article

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