Tinnitus Outcomes Assessment

Trends in Amplification

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 223-235

  Meikle, Mary B ^a   Stewart, Barbara J ^a   Griest, Susan E ^a   Henry, James A ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

core set of measures; responsiveness of measures; tinnitus outcomes; tinnitus questionnaires; tinnitus rating scales

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INTAKE INTERVIEW FOR TINNITUS RETRAINING THERAPY; MEASUREMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PSYCHOPHYSICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; 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;

HUMANS; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49349108367     PISSN: 10847138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1084713808319943     Document Type: Article

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