Assessment of tinnitus: measurement of treatment outcomes

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 166, Issue , 2007, Pages 511-521

  Meikle, M B ^a   Stewart, B J ^a   Griest, S E ^a   Martin, W H ^a   Henry, J A ^a,b   Abrams, H B ^c   McArdle, R ^c   Newman, C W ^d   Sandridge, S A ^d  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Bay Pines VA Medical Center   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

self assessment measures; standardized tinnitus measures; tinnitus functional effects; tinnitus outcome measures; tinnitus questionnaires; tinnitus severity

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTAKE INTERVIEW FOR TINNITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RETRAINING THERAPY; REVIEW; SCREENING; SUBJECTIVE TINNITUS SEVERITY SCALE; TINNITUS; TINNITUS HANDICAP INVENTORY; TINNITUS HANDICAP QUESTIONNAIRE; TINNITUS QUESTIONNAIRE; TINNITUS REACTION QUESTIONNAIRE; TINNITUS SEVERITY GRADING; TINNITUS SEVERITY INDEX; TINNITUS SEVERITY SCALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35348818804     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(07)66049-X     Document Type: Review

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