Abstract
Purpose Chronic tinnitus ("ringing in the ears") is a phantom auditory perception with no cure. A goal of treatment is often to reduce the loudness of tinnitus. However, tinnitus loudness cannot be measured objectively. It is most commonly assessed by obtaining a loudness match (LM) with a pure tone and by using a numeric rating scale (NRS). Constrained loudness scaling (CLS) is a more recent measure of tinnitus loudness that utilizes auditory training of a fixed loudness scale to guide tinnitus loudness judgments. The purpose of this study was to compare results using these 3 measures of tinnitus loudness. Method This study obtained tinnitus loudness measures of LM, NRS, and CLS with 170 participants. These participants are part of a larger study obtaining repeated measures over 6 months. Only baseline data are presented. Results Correlations between all measures were weak to moderate: LM versus CLS ( r = .46), CLS versus NRS ( r = .49), and LM versus NRS ( r = .38). Conclusion Further systematic research is needed to more fully understand the relationships between these different measures and to establish a valid measure of tinnitus loudness.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 137-143 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | American journal of audiology |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 15 2019 |
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Comparison of Tinnitus Loudness Measures : Matching, Rating, and Scaling. / Manning, Candice; Grush, Leslie; Thielman, Emily; Roberts, Larry; Henry, James.
In: American journal of audiology, Vol. 28, No. 1, 15.03.2019, p. 137-143.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparison of Tinnitus Loudness Measures
T2 - Matching, Rating, and Scaling
AU - Manning, Candice
AU - Grush, Leslie
AU - Thielman, Emily
AU - Roberts, Larry
AU - Henry, James
PY - 2019/3/15
Y1 - 2019/3/15
N2 - Purpose Chronic tinnitus ("ringing in the ears") is a phantom auditory perception with no cure. A goal of treatment is often to reduce the loudness of tinnitus. However, tinnitus loudness cannot be measured objectively. It is most commonly assessed by obtaining a loudness match (LM) with a pure tone and by using a numeric rating scale (NRS). Constrained loudness scaling (CLS) is a more recent measure of tinnitus loudness that utilizes auditory training of a fixed loudness scale to guide tinnitus loudness judgments. The purpose of this study was to compare results using these 3 measures of tinnitus loudness. Method This study obtained tinnitus loudness measures of LM, NRS, and CLS with 170 participants. These participants are part of a larger study obtaining repeated measures over 6 months. Only baseline data are presented. Results Correlations between all measures were weak to moderate: LM versus CLS ( r = .46), CLS versus NRS ( r = .49), and LM versus NRS ( r = .38). Conclusion Further systematic research is needed to more fully understand the relationships between these different measures and to establish a valid measure of tinnitus loudness.
AB - Purpose Chronic tinnitus ("ringing in the ears") is a phantom auditory perception with no cure. A goal of treatment is often to reduce the loudness of tinnitus. However, tinnitus loudness cannot be measured objectively. It is most commonly assessed by obtaining a loudness match (LM) with a pure tone and by using a numeric rating scale (NRS). Constrained loudness scaling (CLS) is a more recent measure of tinnitus loudness that utilizes auditory training of a fixed loudness scale to guide tinnitus loudness judgments. The purpose of this study was to compare results using these 3 measures of tinnitus loudness. Method This study obtained tinnitus loudness measures of LM, NRS, and CLS with 170 participants. These participants are part of a larger study obtaining repeated measures over 6 months. Only baseline data are presented. Results Correlations between all measures were weak to moderate: LM versus CLS ( r = .46), CLS versus NRS ( r = .49), and LM versus NRS ( r = .38). Conclusion Further systematic research is needed to more fully understand the relationships between these different measures and to establish a valid measure of tinnitus loudness.
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U2 - 10.1044/2018_AJA-17-0115
DO - 10.1044/2018_AJA-17-0115
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VL - 28
SP - 137
EP - 143
JO - American Journal of Audiology
JF - American Journal of Audiology
SN - 1059-0889
IS - 1
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