Development and validation of the tinnitus primary function questionnaire

American Journal of Audiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 260-272

  Tyler, Richard ^a   Ji, Haihong ^a   Perreau, Ann ^a   Witt, Shelley ^a   Noble, William ^a   Coelho, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Efficacy; Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TINNITUS;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TINNITUS;

EID: 84909944825     PISSN: 10590889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/2014_AJA-13-0014     Document Type: Article

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