An Investigation of the Impact of Tinnitus Perception on the Quality of Life

Alhazmi, Fahad; Kay, Tony; Mackenzie, Ian C.; Kemp, Graham

doi:10.4172/2471-9455.1000113

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“…In agreement with our study, Erlandsson and Holgers [26] and Alhamzi et al [27] found that no significant difference in the severity of tinnitus based on THI score according to gender difference.…”

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confidence: 93%

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Assessment of effects of hearing aid fitting on the perceptual characteristics of tinnitus

Kousht

Dessouky

Koura

et al. 2018

Egypt J Otolaryngol

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Background Evidence of systematic relationships between the perceptual characteristics of tinnitus, like its pitch or loudness, and those of the absolute hearing threshold curves, like the presence and degree of hearing loss at certain frequencies, would probably help to understand how tinnitus is related to the configuration of hearing loss. Objective The objective of this study was to determine the effects of hearing aid fitting on the perceptual characteristics of tinnitus. Participants and methods The participants of the study were 50 adults (20-60 years old) with subjective tinnitus and different degrees of hearing loss. Otorhinolaryngological examination, tonal audiometry, and acoustic immittance testing were done. Participants answered Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI) Questionnaire at the time of the first fitting with their hearing aid and performed at 0, 3, 6, and 12 months postfitting. Results THI showed a significant decrease throughout the 12 months from 74.80±15.98 at baseline to 61.84±14.02 3 months later, then 38.35±10.98 by the sixth month and 12.90±4.26 by the end of 12 months. At the baseline, no slight or mild cases were detected, whereas moderate THI represented 16%, severe 28%, and catastrophic 56%. These rates changed 3 months later as catastrophic cases decreased almost to one-third of its rate at the baseline. By the sixth month, no catastrophic cases were detected and severe stages recorded trivial rates, whereas most of cases were categorized as mild or moderate. By the end of the study, the great majority of cases were slight (81.6%) and the remaining portion was mild, with no moderate, severe, or catastrophic cases recorded. Conclusion Analysis of the results has shown that the use of hearing aids are one of the number of therapeutic options offered to tinnitus patients and promote the improvement in the perceptual characteristics of tinnitus.

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“…Alhazmi et al [27] found that nearly two-third of the patients in their study with tinnitus had some degree of hearing loss, whereas one-third had normal hearing. Also, they assessed the influence of tinnitus perception on the quality of life using THI and Tinnitus Functional Index questionnaires.…”

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Assessment of effects of hearing aid fitting on the perceptual characteristics of tinnitus

Kousht

Dessouky

Koura

et al. 2018

Egypt J Otolaryngol

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“…and the authors reflected the feedback accordingly in the final version of the questionnaire. 'Handedness' is also discussed in many tinnitus literatures [12,[30][31][32] and was evaluated to be included for the tinnitus outcome questionnaire for sound management. In the domain of 'Tinnitus management,' all questions were evaluated to be appropriate except one question about medication ('Are you currently taking any medications?')…”

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Content validity of the tinnitus outcome questionnaire for sound management

Seol

Kim

et al. 2021

PLoS ONE

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Standardized instruments are often used to monitor one’s progress in tinnitus relief although they were developed to screen and diagnose tinnitus. The need for the development for a tinnitus outcome assessment tool is high in the field of audiology and otolaryngology. The purpose of this study was to develop a tinnitus outcome questionnaire for sound management (listening to sound stimuli for tinnitus relief) and assess its content validity. A total of 32 questions with six domains (Tinnitus characteristics, the impact of tinnitus, tinnitus and hearing issues, handedness, tinnitus management, and sound management outcome) were generated after closely investigating major tinnitus questionnaires used worldwide (i.e. Tinnitus Handicap Inventory and Tinnitus Handicap Questionnaire) as well as literature. Ten healthcare professionals evaluated the appropriateness of the questionnaire items on a five-point Likert scale, where 1 is strongly inappropriate and 5 is strongly appropriate. Content relevance was assessed by computing the content validity index with the cut-off value of 0.75. Each response was first weighted as follows: 1 = 0; 2 = 0.25; 3 = 0.5; 4 = 0.75; and 5 = 1.0. The weighted average was then calculated. Items with a content validity index less than 0.75 were discarded and some items were revised according to the experts’ feedback. As a result, 31 out of the 32 items had the content validity index higher than 0.75, indicating that the items are appropriate to obtain information about the six domains. Reflecting the experts’ feedback, some questions were revised to be more specific. The study provides a baseline structure regarding potential questions to be included in a tinnitus outcome questionnaire for sound management. Development and standardization of such questionnaire would be a pathway to validating tinnitus relief via sound therapy.

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“…This significant correlation has also been found in tinnitus patients. 29 There is no clear understanding of the pathological and physiological mechanism of age-related hearing loss.…”

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White-matter integrity and hearing acuity decline in healthy subjects: Magnetic resonance tractography

Alhazmi

2020

Neuroradiol J

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Aim The association between hearing acuity and white-matter (WM) microstructure integrity was evaluated in a normal healthy population with a variety of hearing acuity using an automated tractography technique known as TRACULA (TRActs Constrained by UnderLying Anatomy) in order to investigate whether hearing acuity decline is correlated with brain structural connectivity. Methods Forty healthy controls were recruited to this study, which used a Siemens 3T Trio with a standard eight-channel head coil. Hearing acuity was assessed using pure-tone air conduction audiometry (Amplivox 2160, with Audiocups to eliminate noise and allow accurate pure-tone audiometry). Handedness and anxiety and depression were assessed for all participants in this study using the Edinburgh Handedness Inventory and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, respectively. Results This study showed a significant reduction in WM volume of the left cingulum angular bundle (CAB; t = 2.32, p = 0.02) in the mild to moderate hearing-loss group (238 ± 223 mm2) compared to the group with normal hearing (105 ± 121 mm2). The WM integrity of the left CAB was found to be significantly different ( t = 2.06, p = 0.04) in the mild to moderate hearing-loss group (0.18 ± 0.06 mm2/s) compared to the group with normal hearing (0.22 ± 0.05 mm2/s). The WM integrity of the left anterior thalamic radiation (ATR) was found to be significantly different ( t = 2.58, p = 0.014) in the mild to moderate hearing-loss group (0.33 ± 0.05 mm2/s) compared to the group with normal hearing (0.37 ± 0.03 mm2/s). A significant negative correlation was found between age and the WM integrity of the right ATR ( r = −0.33, p = 0.038), and between hearing acuity and the WM integrity of the right ATR ( r = −0.38, p = 0.013) and left CAB ( r = −0.36, p = 0.019). Discussion and conclusion: An important finding in this study is that brain structural connectivity changes in the left hemisphere seem to be associated with age-related hearing loss found mainly in the ATR and CAB tracts.

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An Investigation of the Impact of Tinnitus Perception on the Quality of Life

Cited by 7 publications

References 22 publications

Assessment of effects of hearing aid fitting on the perceptual characteristics of tinnitus

Assessment of effects of hearing aid fitting on the perceptual characteristics of tinnitus

Content validity of the tinnitus outcome questionnaire for sound management

White-matter integrity and hearing acuity decline in healthy subjects: Magnetic resonance tractography

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