PMID- 12753982
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20031014
LR  - 20190922
IS  - 0385-8146 (Print)
IS  - 0385-8146 (Linking)
VI  - 30
IP  - 2
DP  - 2003 May
TI  - Tinnitus loudness matchings in relation to annoyance and grading of severity.
PG  - 129-33
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To measure and compare different parameters of tinnitus loudness 
      obtained via matching and to investigate their associations with self-reported 
      severity of tinnitus. METHODS: From the audiology department 18 patients with 
      unilateral tinnitus of sensorineural origin were selected. They underwent 
      pure-tone audiometry, and in a matching paradigm their tinnitus pitch was 
      estimated. Loudness was assessed at tinnitus frequency and at the frequency of 
      best hearing and both were expressed in sensation level (SL) and hearing level 
      (HL). Moreover, minimal masking level (MML) with white noise was assessed as well 
      as thresholds for the tinnitus tone and a comparison tone in the contralateral 
      ear when tinnitus was masked. RESULTS: Annoyance and grading of severity were 
      associated with measures of loudness expressed in HL, MML, and pure-tone 
      audiometry. Loudness in SL was not associated with self-reported severity. 
      Tinnitus loudness, matched at the frequency of best hearing instead of the 
      tinnitus frequency, appears to be less dependent on HL, while still being 
      associated with distress and grading of severity. CONCLUSION: Severity of 
      tinnitus is related to hearing thresholds, and loudness in SL provides little 
      clinically useful information.
FAU - Andersson, Gerhard
AU  - Andersson G
AD  - Department of Audiology, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden. 
      gerhard.andersson@psyk.uu.se
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Auris Nasus Larynx
JT  - Auris, nasus, larynx
JID - 7708170
SB  - IM
MH  - Auditory Threshold/physiology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Loudness Perception/*physiology
MH  - Perceptual Masking
MH  - Tinnitus/*physiopathology
EDAT- 2003/05/20 05:00
MHDA- 2003/10/15 05:00
CRDT- 2003/05/20 05:00
PHST- 2003/05/20 05:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2003/10/15 05:00 [medline]
PHST- 2003/05/20 05:00 [entrez]
AID - S0385814603000087 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/s0385-8146(03)00008-7 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Auris Nasus Larynx. 2003 May;30(2):129-33. doi: 10.1016/s0385-8146(03)00008-7.