Assessment and treatment of tinnitus patients using a "masking approach"

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 545-558

  Schechter, Martin A ^a   Henry, James A ^a,b  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hearing disorders; Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

AUDIOLOGY; AUDITORY MASKING; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEARING AID; HUMAN; LOUDNESS; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OTOSCOPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; TINNITUS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; COUNSELING; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PITCH PERCEPTION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TINNITUS;

EID: 0036880107     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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