A comparison of benefit and economic value between two sound therapy tinnitus management options

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 126-138

  Newman, Craig W ^a   Sandridge, Sharon A ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic desensitization; Cost effectiveness; Cost utility; Habituation; Masking; Neuromonics; Quality adjusted life years; Sound generators; Sound therapy; Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEARING AID; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MALE; NEUROMONICS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUND GENERATOR; TINNITUS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HEARING AIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857478509     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.23.2.7     Document Type: Article

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