Gender and chronic tinnitus: Differences in tinnitus-related distress depend on age and duration of tinnitus

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 661-672

  Seydel, Claudia ^a   Haupt, Heidemarie ^a   Olze, Heidi ^a   Szczepek, Agnieszka J ^a   Mazurek, Birgit ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TINNITUS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; HEARING LOSS; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITCH PERCEPTION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TINNITUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883741547     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: 15384667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e31828149f2     Document Type: Article

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