Audiological, psychological and cognitive characteristics of tinnitus sufferers

Alam, Noorain; Katarkar, Ashish; Shah, Pankaj; Jalvi, Rajeev; Jain, Anil K.; Shah, Maulik

doi:10.4103/0971-7749.98288

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“…These studies implicated an impact of tinnitus upon cognitive function. A negative impact of tinnitus upon cognition was concluded by the six studies where tinnitus subjects had older mean ages than control subjects (Jacobson et al, 1996;Andersson, 2002;Cuny et al, 2004;Andersson et al, 2005;Delb et al, 2008;Alam et al, 2012). However, none of these six studies commented on whether the age difference was statistically significant or if age was a confounding variable.…”

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The impact of tinnitus upon cognition in adults: A systematic review

Tegg-Quinn

Bennett

Eikelboom

et al. 2016

International Journal of Audiology

102

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Objective: To systematically review and analyse experimental outcomes of studies exploring the impact of tinnitus upon cognitive function and their implications for clinical management of invasive tinnitus. Design: A systematic and descriptive review. Study sample: Eighteen studies were identified investigating the impact of tinnitus on cognitive function. Results: The 18 studies evaluated cognitive function using 24 different objective behavioural tests, nine electrophysiological recordings, one oculomotor test, and one self-report questionnaire. The studies spanned 18 years and revealed numerous interactions potentially contributing to the cognitive difficulties frequently reported by people with invasive tinnitus. The studies indicate a clear association between tinnitus and aspects of cognitive function, specifically the executive control of attention. Conclusions: Tinnitus impairs cognitive function by way of impact upon executive control of attention. Clinical management of patients reporting tinnitus and cognitive difficulties requires an understanding of the reciprocal relationship between tinnitus and cognitive function, with additive effects of anxiety, depression, and somatic cognitive bias. Further study is required to establish the impact of advancing age, hearing loss, anxiety, depression tinnitus duration, and distress upon cognitive function in people with invasive tinnitus.

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“…Two studies (Alam et al, 2012;Paul et al, 2014) reported neither the participants' mean ages and/or age ranges.…”

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The impact of tinnitus upon cognition in adults: A systematic review

Tegg-Quinn

Bennett

Eikelboom

et al. 2016

International Journal of Audiology

102

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“…The problem of tinnitus in India is also as alarming and as severe as in the Western countries; but studies regarding the psychological profiles of individuals with tinnitus are very limited and some studies in India have attempted to reveal the relation between the perceived tinnitus severity and the degree of emotional distress of the individuals. 6,7 Various tools have been designed to evaluate the effect of tinnitus; some of these are tinnitus handicap questionnaire, tinnitus severity questionnaire, tinnitus handicap inventory and tinnitus functional index. THI is a very useful tool to measure the degree of handicap due to tinnitus.…”

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Translation and validation of tinnitus handicap inventory into Gujarati language

Khilnani

2018

Int J Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Surg

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Background: Tinnitus is a very debilitating symptom. Various questionnaires have been developed to quantify the handicap due to tinnitus, out of which THI is widely used. First developed in English language, THI has been adapted in many other languages. In the present study, THI was translated and validated in Gujarati language (THI-Guj).Methods: THI in English was translated into Gujarati language by the language experts. It was administered to 20 Gujarati speaking people for content validity before finally using on the patients. 68 patients filled the THI-Guj and the scores so obtained were statistically analyzed for reliability scores. Results: THI-Guj could classify the patients into slight, mild, moderate, severe and catastrophic tinnitus. The overall Cronbach’s Alpha score for the inventory was 0.980, while scores for the subscales (functional, emotional and catastrophic) were 0.848, 0.853 and 0.896 respectively, indicating an acceptable reliability.Conclusions: THI-Guj can be used in assessment and monitoring of tinnitus sufferers, who are Gujarati speakers, by audiologist as well as otologists working in various clinical settings.

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“…The problem of tinnitus in India is also as alarming and as severe as in the Western countries; but studies regarding the psychological profiles of individuals with tinnitus are very limited and some studies in India have attempted to reveal the relation between the perceived tinnitus severity and the degree of emotional distress of the individuals. 5,6 Hence, this study was conducted with an aim to assess the severity of tinnitus and to know its correlation with severity of anxiety and depression in adult population of this region.…”

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Correlation of severity of tinnitus with severity of anxiety and depression in adults in a tertiary care hospital at Bhuj, Gujarat, India

Khilnani

Thaddanee

Chodvadiya

et al. 2018

Int J Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Surg

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Background: Tinnitus may be objective or subjective. Subjective tinnitus is the type most commonly associated with psychosocial co-morbidities. This study was conducted with an aim to assess the severity of tinnitus and to know its correlation with anxiety and depression in adult population of Western Gujarat region.Methods: This prospective observational study was conducted in a tertiary care teaching hospital of Western Gujarat from December 2016 to July 2017. Patients with tinnitus were screened for anxiety and depression using tinnitus handicap inventory (THI, validated in Gujarati language), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD-7) and patient health questionnaire (PHQ-9). Severity of anxiety and depression was further evaluated using The Hamilton anxiety rating scale (HAM-A) and the Hamilton rating scale for depression (HRSD, also called HAM-D) respectively. Results: 68 patients fulfilled the inclusion criterion. Maximum patients (30.9 %) had moderate tinnitus, followed by severe (26.4 %), catastrophic (19.1 %), mild (16.2 %) and slight (7.4 %). There was a strong and significant correlation between the average THI scores and average GAD-7 scores (r=0.9708, p<0.00001) and average THI scores and average PHQ-9 scores (r=0.9906, p<0.0001) suggesting that patients with tinnitus were very likely to have anxiety as well as depression. However, irrespective of the severity of tinnitus, most patients had only mild anxiety (r=0.9403, p<0.00001) and mild depression (r=0.6758, p=0.001).Conclusions: The patients with tinnitus are very likely to suffer from mild anxiety as well as mild depression.

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Audiological, psychological and cognitive characteristics of tinnitus sufferers

Cited by 9 publications

References 6 publications

The impact of tinnitus upon cognition in adults: A systematic review

The impact of tinnitus upon cognition in adults: A systematic review

Translation and validation of tinnitus handicap inventory into Gujarati language

Correlation of severity of tinnitus with severity of anxiety and depression in adults in a tertiary care hospital at Bhuj, Gujarat, India

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