How to choose between measures of tinnitus loudness for clinical research? A report on the reliability and validity of an investigator-administered test and a patient-reported measure using baseline data collected in a phase IIa drug trial

American Journal of Audiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 338-346

  Hall, Deborah A ^a,b   Mehta, Rajnikant L ^a,b   Fackrell, Kathryn ^a,b  

^a The National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit in Blood Borne and Sexually Transmitted Infections at University College London in partnership with UK Health Security Agency   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOME; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TINNITUS;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE II AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOME MEASURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TINNITUS;

EID: 85029699431     PISSN: 10590889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/2017_AJA-16-0129     Document Type: Note

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