Background: This systematic review aimed to identify, compare and contrast outcome domains and outcome instruments reported in studies investigating interventions that seek to restore bilateral (two-sided) and/or binaural (both ears) hearing in adult... Read More about Systematic review of outcome domains and instruments used in designs of clinical trials for interventions that seek to restore bilateral and binaural hearing in adults with unilateral severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss (‘single-sided deafness’).
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The Content and Quality of Information About Hyperacusis Presented Online (2020)
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© 2020 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Purpose: Hyperacusis is a disorder characterized by reduced sound tolerance leading to ear pain, emotional distress, and reduced quality of life. Many people with hyperacusis turn to the Internet f... Read More about The Content and Quality of Information About Hyperacusis Presented Online.
Mobile applications for management of tinnitus: users' survey, quality assessment and content analysis (2019)
Journal Article
Background: Tinnitus is the perception of a sound without any outside source. It affects 6 million people in the UK. Sound therapy is a core component of many tinnitus management programmes. Potential mechanisms of benefit include making tinnitus le... Read More about Mobile applications for management of tinnitus: users' survey, quality assessment and content analysis.
Why Is Tinnitus a Problem? A Qualitative Analysis of Problems Reported by Tinnitus Patients (2018)
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Tinnitus is a prevalent complaint, and people with bothersome tinnitus can report any number of associated problems. Yet, to date, only a few studies, with different populations and relatively modest sample sizes, have qualitatively evaluated what th... Read More about Why Is Tinnitus a Problem? A Qualitative Analysis of Problems Reported by Tinnitus Patients.
Findings and Ethical Considerations From a Thematic Analysis of Threads Within Tinnitus Online Support Groups (2018)
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Purpose: Tinnitus is the perception of noise without a corresponding external stimulus. Current management typically aims to moderate associated psychosocial stressors and allow sufferers to retain an adequate quality of life. With the increasing rec... Read More about Findings and Ethical Considerations From a Thematic Analysis of Threads Within Tinnitus Online Support Groups.
Promotion and views on tinnitus self-help within United Kingdom national health service audiology departments (2018)
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© 2018, © 2018 British Society of Audiology, International Society of Audiology, and Nordic Audiological Society. Self-help has the potential to provide low-cost and effective ways of improving access to psychological support for people with tinnitus... Read More about Promotion and views on tinnitus self-help within United Kingdom national health service audiology departments.
A narrative synthesis of research evidence for tinnitus-related complaints as reported by patients and their significant others (2018)
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Background: There are a large number of assessment tools for tinnitus, with little consensus on what it is important to measure and no preference for a minimum reporting standard. The item content of tinnitus assessment tools should seek to capture r... Read More about A narrative synthesis of research evidence for tinnitus-related complaints as reported by patients and their significant others.
Improving health-related quality of life in single-sided deafness: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2016)
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Unilateral severe-to-profound hearing loss, or single-sided deafness (SSD), impairs listening abilities supported by the use of two ears, including speech perception in background noise and sound localisation. Hearing-assistive devices can aid listen... Read More about Improving health-related quality of life in single-sided deafness: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Access to aidable residual hearing in adult candidates for cochlear implantation in the UK (2016)
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Guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) permits candidates to receive a cochlear implant provided they only hear sounds louder than 90 dB HL at 2 and 4 kHz. In some patients, their level of residual hearing may be s... Read More about Access to aidable residual hearing in adult candidates for cochlear implantation in the UK.
Consensus on Hearing Aid Candidature and Fitting for Mild Hearing Loss, With and Without Tinnitus: Delphi Review (2015)
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Objectives: In many countries including the United Kingdom, hearing aids are a first line of audiologic intervention for many people with tinnitus and aidable hearing loss. Nevertheless, there is a lack of high quality evidence to support that the... Read More about Consensus on Hearing Aid Candidature and Fitting for Mild Hearing Loss, With and Without Tinnitus: Delphi Review.
Tinnitus referral pathways within the National Health Service in England: a survey of their perceived effectiveness among audiology staff (2011)
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Background: In the UK, audiology services deliver the majority of tinnitus patient care, but not all patients experience the same level of service. In 2009, the Department of Health released a Good Practice Guide to inform commissioners about key asp... Read More about Tinnitus referral pathways within the National Health Service in England: a survey of their perceived effectiveness among audiology staff.
Management of tinnitus in English NHS audiology departments: an evaluation of current practice (2010)
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Rationale, aim and objective: In 2009, the UK Department of Health formalized recommended National Health Service practices for the management of tinnitus from primary care onwards. It is timely therefore to evaluate the perceived practicality, utili... Read More about Management of tinnitus in English NHS audiology departments: an evaluation of current practice.