When tinnitus loudness and annoyance are discrepant: Audiological characteristics and psychological profile

Audiology and Neurotology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 391-400

  Hiller, Wolfgang ^a   Goebel, Gerhard ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Center for Behavioral Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

Annoyance rating; Hyperacusis; Psychological profile; Tinnitus; Tinnitus loudness

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC STRESS; ADULT; ANNOYANCE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LOUDNESS RECRUITMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; TINNITUS; VERTIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; HYPERACUSIS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; MENIERE DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICK ROLE; TINNITUS;

EID: 35148819160     PISSN: 14203030     EISSN: 14219700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000106482     Document Type: Article

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