Characterisitics and maskability of self-reported tinnitus in Adult Nigerians

Olusesi, Abiodun Daud; Adedoja, Ojetoyinbo Adewunmi

doi:10.5935/0946-5448.20130024

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“…Majority of patients with tinnitus in our study were females. This is in consonance with findings in previous studies [11,24,[31][32][33][34][35]; however, some other studies [3,30,36] revealed a higher number of male subjects with tinnitus. Despite the inconsistent data on the effect of gender on characteristics of tinnitus and its distress, females are more likely to perceive annoyance of tinnitus earlier than their male counterparts irrespective of age at presentation.…”

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“…TLM above the hearing level ranges from 4 -60dB with an average of about 18dB may suggest that most of the patients presented to ENT clinic when their symptom was already causing some levels of distress and affecting their QoL. 15 The average tinnitus loudness reported in our study was within the bracket of what was found in previous studies done in Nigeria and beyond [33,[39][40][41]. High TFI scores indicate greater adverse effects on the QoL of tinnitus patients.…”

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Audiometric Thresholds and Tinnitus Functional Index of Adult Patients with Tinnitus

Ayodele

2021

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Introduction: Tinnitus is a common irritating symptom. Tinnitus functional index (TFI) and measurements of tinnitus match are useful tools for evaluating tinnitus impact. This study aimed at comparing the hearing thresholds to the Quality of life (QoL) of tinnitus patients.Methodology: Clinical assessment, Pure tone audiometry (PTA), and QoL assessment were carried out. The data gathered from the study were evaluated and results were interpreted. Results:The mean age of tinnitus subjects was 51.7 years. Male to female ratio was 1:1.4. Higher number of subjects experienced chronic tinnitus. High frequency and the tinnitus loudness above 15dB were the highest among them. The association between the QoL assessment and tinnitus loudness match (TLM) was statistically significant. Similarly, there was positive correlation between the TFI scores and pure tone average (PTAv), tinnitus pitch match and TLM. Conclusion:Most patients described their experience of tinnitus as a big problem. There was a positive correlation between the pure tone average, TLM and the QoL measure. Routine measurement of tinnitus distress with TFI and psychoacoustic assessments were advocated.

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Audiometric Thresholds and Tinnitus Functional Index of Adult Patients with Tinnitus

Ayodele

2021

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“…This is similar to the findings in previous studies, however, some other studies found a higher number of male participants presenting with tinnitus. 2,12,16,18,19,[24][25][26][27] Despite the conflicting data on the effect of gender on characteristics of tinnitus and its intensity, female gender is more likely to perceive annoyance of tinnitus earlier than male counterparts irrespective of their age. It has also been reported that the psychosomatic complaints related to tinnitus are likely to be more frequent among females compared to male gender.…”

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Quality of life of tinnitus patients with and without hearing loss

Ayodele

Segun-Busari

Omokanye

et al. 2020

Int J Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Surg

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Background: Tinnitus is a common, irritating and often disturbing symptom. It poses big challenge to the patients’ management and affects their quality of life (QoL). Tinnitus is one of the most common otological symptoms associated with hearing loss. The aim of the study was to determine the quality of life of adult tinnitus patients and the effect presence of hearing loss has on the quality of life.Methods: All consenting adults presenting with tinnitus with or without associated hearing loss were recruited. Sociodemographic information, clinical assessment, pure tone audiometry (PTA) and QoL assessment with Tinnitus Functional Index (TFI) were carried out. The data collected were analysed and results were presented in tables and simple chart. Results: The age range of participants was between 18 and 80 years with a mean age of 51.94 years±17.41. Male to female ratio was 1:1.4. The relationship between tinnitus and associated hearing loss was statistically significant with moderate hearing loss found as commonest. Sensorineural hearing loss was the commonest type found. Tinnitus was mostly described as a big problem. The relationship between the TFI scores and presence of hearing loss as well as degree of hearing loss was statistically significant.Conclusions: Tinnitus has a significant health burden which tends to increase with co-existing hearing loss. PTA assessment and measurement of QoL should be advocated as routine for tinnitus patients no matter the cause of tinnitus and also especially among those with self-professed normal hearing.

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Test–Retest Reproducibility of Response Duration in Tinnitus Patients With Positive Residual Inhibition

Deklerck

Degeest

Dhooge

et al. 2019

J Speech Lang Hear Res

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Purpose Functional imaging is often used to try to elucidate the pathophysiological mechanism of tinnitus. Residual inhibition, the temporary suppression of tinnitus after application of a masking noise, could be an interesting technique to modulate tinnitus perception in functional imaging paradigms. The purposes of this study were to primarily assess reproducibility of the (partial) positive residual inhibition response duration in patients with tinnitus and to explore its utility in experimental designs. Method Patients with tinnitus exhibiting a (partial) positive residual inhibition response or tinnitus reduction after a 1-min white noise presentation were selected from a broad consulting tinnitus population. In 27 patients, this response was tested 4 times: twice during initial testing and twice during a retest of the psychoacoustic tinnitus measures, 4–8 weeks after initial consultation. In 17 patients with stable residual inhibition responses, reproducibility of response duration, the duration of tinnitus reduction up to pretesting state, was analyzed. Results Initial testing showed a residual inhibition duration of 29.5 s on average. Test–retest reproducibility of response duration was shown to be reliable with an ICC(3, 4) of .871 (95% CI [0.733, 0.948]) and a standard error of measurement of 6.64 s. Conclusions This study indicates the good test–retest reproducibility of residual inhibition duration in our subset of 17 patients with stable (partial) positive residual inhibition. Residual inhibition is, therefore, a technique that can potentially be used for temporary tinnitus manipulation in experimental paradigms to unravel tinnitus pathophysiology.

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Characterisitics and maskability of self-reported tinnitus in Adult Nigerians

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Audiometric Thresholds and Tinnitus Functional Index of Adult Patients with Tinnitus

Audiometric Thresholds and Tinnitus Functional Index of Adult Patients with Tinnitus

Quality of life of tinnitus patients with and without hearing loss

Test–Retest Reproducibility of Response Duration in Tinnitus Patients With Positive Residual Inhibition

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