Interpreting the Tinnitus Questionnaire (German version): what individual differences are clinically important?

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2018, Pages 553-557

  Hall, Deborah A ^a,b   Mehta, Rajnikant L ^a,b   Argstatter, Heike ^c  

^a NIHR NOTTINGHAM BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Deutsches Zentrum für Musiktherapieforschung Viktor Dulger Institut DZM e V   (Germany)

Author keywords

adult or general hearing screening; instrumentation; psycho social emotional; Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DISABILITY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MINIMAL CLINICALLY IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TINNITUS;

ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MINIMAL CLINICALLY IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TINNITUS; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 85042921958     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992027.2018.1442591     Document Type: Article

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