The consequences of tinnitus and tinnitus severity on cognition: A review of the behavioural evidence

Hearing Research

Volumn 332, Issue , 2016, Pages 199-209

  Mohamad, Najibah ^a,b,c   Hoare, Derek J ^a,b   Hall, Deborah A ^a,b  

^a National Institute for Health Research ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Chronic tinnitus; Cognitive performance; Hypothesised model

Indexed keywords

ALERTING ATTENTION; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXECUTIVE ATTENTION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUSTAINED ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TINNITUS; WORKING MEMORY; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; PSYCHOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ATTENTION; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; RISK FACTORS; TINNITUS;

EID: 84959254181     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: 18785891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2015.10.001     Document Type: Review

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