Audiologic and psychological profile of Greek patients with tinnitus—Preliminary findings

Vallianatou, Nionia G.; P, Christodoulou; Nestoros, Joannis N.; Helidonis, Emmanuel S.

doi:10.1053/ajot.2001.20689

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“…In many occasions it affects emotional balance of the patients, triggering or worsening anxiety and depression states 25,26 . Disturbance caused by tinnitus and repercussions in patients' lives are certainly the determining factor for their seeking for hospitals and clinics, which justifies the high grade they scored in the analogicalvisual scales with higher frequency of moderate and severe tinnitus 21 .…”

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confidence: 99%

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Zumbido em pacientes com audiometria normal: caracterização clínica e repercussões

Sánchez

Medeiros

Levy

et al. 2005

Rev. Bras. Otorrinolaringol.

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Pat ients with tinnitus and normal hearing constitute an important group, given that findings do not suffer influence of the hearing loss. However, this group is rarely studied, so we do not know whether its clinical characteristics and interference in daily life are the same of those of the patients with tinnitus and hearing loss. Aim: To compare tinnitus characteristics and interference in daily life among patients with and without hearing loss. Study design: historic cohort. Material and Method: Among 744 tinnitus patients seen at a Tinnitus Clinic, 55 with normal audiometry were retrospectively evaluated. The control group consisted of 198 patients with tinnitus and hearing loss, following the same protocol. We analyzed the patients' data as well as the tinnitus characteristics and interference in daily life. Results: The mean age of the studied group (43.1 ± 13.4 years) was significantly lower than that of the control group (49.9 ± 14.5 years). In both groups, tinnitus was predominant in women, bilateral, single tone and constant, but there were no differences between both groups. The interference in concentration and emotional status (25.5% and 36.4%) was significantly lower in the studied group than that of the control group (46% and 61.6%), but it did not happen in regard to interference over sleep and social life. Conclusions: Patients with tinnitus and normal hearing showed similar characteristics when compared to those with hearing loss. However, the age of the patients and the interference over concentration and emotional status were significantly lower in this group.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The psychological aspect of tinnitus is well known and has been properly discussed by many authors 10,21,25,27 . In our study, the interference of tinnitus in the concentration and emotional status was significantly smaller than in patients with normal audiometry.…”

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confidence: 99%

Zumbido em pacientes com audiometria normal: caracterização clínica e repercussões

Sánchez

Medeiros

Levy

et al. 2005

Rev. Bras. Otorrinolaringol.

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“…5,6,[9][10][11] The psychological aspects of tinnitus are well known and have been discussed by many authors. [12][13][14][15] According to Sanchez, 16 the presence of hearing loss increases the risk of tinnitus affecting concentration and emotional balance as a cofactor. This study originated from the clinical observation that many elderly patients manifest tinnitus as a cause of distress and severe health issues in general, resulting in inability to carry out daily activities.…”

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confidence: 99%

Caracterização do zumbido em idosos e de possíveis transtornos relacionados

Ferreira¹,

Ramos

Mendes³

2009

Rev. Bras. Otorrinolaringol.

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Popul ation aging it is a current reality in Brazil and tinnitus appears as a very prevalent symptom, having a high impact on the quality of life of elderly patients. Aim: to evaluate and to characterize tinnitus in this group. Materials and Methods: A research questionnaire randomly given to 100 elderly patients in a tertiary hospital, asking about tinnitus characteristics, its impact on the life of the patient, and personal medical history. Results: 61% of the participants were female, average age average was 69.53 years. The results associated with tinnitus features were: no-pulsatile 76%, continuous 54%, bilateral 57%, recent 62% and alone 83%;32,5% had emotional disorders, 31.8% had sleep disorders, 22.5% had difficulties concentration and 13.2% had social problems; 39% classified their tinnitus in moderate; 35% had intense tinnitus and 26% considered it a mild one: as to comorbidities: relation with neurotology symptoms and hypertension; as for associations with audiometry findings: descending, sensorineural and symmetrical curves prevailed. Conclusions: Tinnitus has a relevant impact on the lives of the elderly; there was no correlation between the level of hearing loss and the level of patient dissatisfaction caused by tinnitus; and presbycusis was the most common finding in the audiometric tests.

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“…After all, Jastreboff & Hazel (1993) found no differences in psychoacoustic measures of tinnitus (intensity, frequency and minimum suppression level) among patients with high and low annoyance. Meric et al (1998) and Vallianatou et al (2001), found no peculiar personality profile in their subjects with chronic tinnitus assessed with the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), even though the first authors found a correlation between MMPI depression scale and the Tinnitus Handicap Questionnaire. On the other hand, Erlandsson et al (2000) reported a rate of 50% of personality disorders in tinnitus sufferers, which is significantly higher than the 10-13% that the author estimated in the normal population.…”

Section: Tinnitus and Personality Traitmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Surprisingly, in only a few cases did tinnitus sufferers refer to having difficulties in their jobs and only a few subjects were unable to work. Above all, people performing jobs requiring precision or working with music (music performers, sound technicians) were most disabled in their working life (Andersson, 2000a;Vallianatou et al, 2001). On the other hand, sleep is without doubt the most important problem in everyday life for patients with tinnitus.…”

Section: Impact Of Tinnitus On Lifementioning

confidence: 99%