Correlation analysis of hearing thresholds, validated questionnaires and psychoacoustic measurements in tinnitus patients

Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 522-526

  Figueiredo, Ricardo Rodrigues ^a   Rates, Marcelo A ^b,c   de Azevedo, Andréia Aparecida ^d   de Oliveira, Patrícia Mello ^e   de Navarro, Patrícia B A ^f,g,h  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c ENT physician   (Brazil)

^d Head of the OTOSUL Scientfc work   (Brazil)

^e ENT Sul Fluminense   (Brazil)

^f Tinnitus Research and Trainning Center   (Brazil)

^g OTOSUL   (Brazil)

^h Centro de Diagnóstco e Pesquisa em Zumbido   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSICS; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TINNITUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TINNITUS;

EID: 79952279638     PISSN: 18088694     EISSN: 18088686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1808-86942010000400018     Document Type: Article

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