Dimensional or Categorical Approach to Tinnitus Severity: an Item Response Mixture Modeling Analysis of Tinnitus Handicap

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 982-988

  Hesser, Hugo ^a   Andersson, Gerhard ^a,b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Item mixture analysis; Tinnitus; Tinnitus handicap; Tinnitus Handicap Inventory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN; TINNITUS;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEDEN; TINNITUS;

EID: 84912041023     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: 15327558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12529-013-9375-1     Document Type: Article

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