Reliability and validity of the Chinese (Mandarin) tinnitus handicap inventory

Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 10-17

  Meng, Zhaoli ^a   Zheng, Yun ^a   Liu, Shixi ^a   Wang, Kai ^a   Kong, Xiudan ^b   Tao, Yong ^a   Xu, Ke ^a   Liu, Guanjian ^c  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Chinese Evidence Based Medicine/Cochrane Center   (China)

Author keywords

Reliability; Tinnitus; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859139703     PISSN: 19768710     EISSN: 20050720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3342/ceo.2012.5.1.10     Document Type: Article

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