Children's Tinnitus Questionnaire - A novel tool for assessing the impact of tinnitus on a child's everyday life.

Objective: Self-report instruments are commonly used in tinnitus clinics, but they are presently available only for adults. There is a lack of a validated multi-item instrument to capture tinnitus-related problems in children and their impact on everyday life. This study has developed and validated a specifically child-centered questionnaire to assess the impact of tinnitus.

ChatGPT for Tinnitus Information and Support: Response Accuracy and Retest after Three and Six Months.

Testing of ChatGPT has recently been performed over a diverse range of topics. However, most of these assessments have been based on broad domains of knowledge. Here, we test ChatGPT's knowledge of tinnitus, an important but specialized aspect of audiology and otolaryngology.

Persistent Olfactory and Taste Dysfunction after COVID-19.

(1) Background: One of the possible symptoms of COVID-19 is a sudden loss of smell and taste. The main aim of the study was to evaluate the severity of post-COVID-19 olfactory dysfunction (OD). A secondary aim was to assess the relationship between OD and gustatory (taste) dysfunction (GD).

Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Resting-State Brain Activity in Individuals with Tinnitus.

This study looked at the possible effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on individuals who came to our clinic seeking relief from tinnitus. The performance of the subjects during the COVID-19 pandemic was compared with similar individuals who came to our clinic before the pandemic began. The study involved 50 adults with chronic tinnitus, made up of a study group (24 subjects tested during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020-2021) and a control group before the pandemic began (26 subjects tested from 2013 to 2017).

Hyperacusis Assessment Questionnaire-A New Tool Assessing Hyperacusis in Subjects with Tinnitus.

Hyperacusis, a kind of decreased sound tolerance, is difficult to measure objectively. It often co-occurs with tinnitus. There is a need for valid and reliable patient-reported outcome measures to capture this subjective phenomenon.

An MR spectroscopy study of temporal areas excluding primary auditory cortex and frontal regions in subjective bilateral and unilateral tinnitus.

Previous studies indicate changes in neurotransmission along the auditory pathway in subjective tinnitus. Most authors, however, investigated brain regions including the primary auditory cortex, whose physiology can be affected by concurrent hearing deficits. In the present MR spectroscopy study we assumed increased levels of glutamate and glutamine (Glx), and other Central Nervous System metabolites in the temporal lobe outside the primary auditory cortex, in a region involved in conscious auditory perception and memory.

Differential item functioning of the tinnitus handicap inventory across gender groups and subjects with or without hearing loss.

Objectives: Tinnitus is a phantom sound sensation without an external sound source. Due to its subjective and multifaceted nature it is measured using multi-item self-reported instruments. Many well-validated tinnitus-related questionnaires are available for clinical practice and scientific research, but so far no attention has been paid to their measurement invariance.

Effectiveness of transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation for the treatment of tinnitus: an interventional prospective controlled study.

Objectives: The aim of this interventional non-randomised prospective controlled study was to assess the effectiveness of transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS) in human subjects with tinnitus.

Design: The Parasym tVNS device was paired with an auditory stimulation. Treatment and observations were conducted over 12 weeks.

Chronic Tinnitus and the Positive Effects of Sound Treatment via a Smartphone App: Mixed-Design Study.

Background: Tinnitus is a phantom auditory sensation in the absence of an external stimulus. It is accompanied by a broad range of negative emotional symptoms and a significantly lower quality of life. So far, there is no cure for tinnitus, although various treatment options have been tried.

Job satisfaction in a group of patients with tinnitus.

Background: Tinnitus is an auditory impression without any external auditory stimulus. It may cause negative symptoms (anxiety, insomnia, depression) significantly affecting work performance and job satisfaction.

Objective: To evaluate the job satisfaction in tinnitus sufferers.

Self-help interventions chosen by subjects with chronic tinnitus - a retrospective study of clinical patients.

Objective: Self-help (without specialist support) can play an important role in tinnitus therapy. The purpose of this study was to investigate what fraction of subjects with tinnitus use self-help, what techniques are most commonly used to reduce tinnitus severity, and what distinguishes patients that use self-help from others.

Design: retrospective, observational study.

Auditory processing in normally hearing individuals with and without tinnitus: assessment with four psychoacoustic tests.

Purpose: In most cases, tinnitus co-exists with hearing loss, suggesting that poorer speech understanding is simply due to a lack of acoustic information reaching the central nervous system (CNS). However, it also happens that patients with tinnitus who have normal hearing also report problems with speech understanding, and it is possible to suppose that tinnitus is to blame for difficulties in perceptual processing of auditory information. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the auditory processing abilities of normally hearing subjects with and without tinnitus.

Effectiveness of tinnitus therapy using a mobile application.

Background: The World Health Organization reports that the number of tinnitus sufferers is increasing year on year. Given the common use of mobile devices and the availability of applications designed to support patients in tinnitus therapy and reduce tinnitus severity, patients seeking help are likely to try this form of support. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a mobile application in tinnitus sound therapy, in this case ReSound Tinnitus Relief™.

Decreased Sound Tolerance in Tinnitus Patients.

(1) Background: Decreased sound tolerance is a significant problem in tinnitus sufferers. The aim of the study was to evaluate the relationship between tinnitus and decreased sound tolerance (hyperacusis and misophonia). (2) Methods: The study sample consisted of 74 patients with tinnitus and decreased sound tolerance.

Prevalence of tinnitus in a sample of 43,064 children in Warsaw, Poland.

Objective: Tinnitus affects both adults and children. Children rarely complain spontaneously of tinnitus, and their parents are not aware of the condition. The prevalence of tinnitus in children differs considerably between studies, and large studies are needed to reliably estimate how many children experience tinnitus symptoms.

How to Interpret Tinnitus Functional Index Scores: A Proposal for a Grading System Based on a Large Sample of Tinnitus Patients.

Objectives: The Tinnitus Functional Index (TFI) is considered the gold standard in measuring tinnitus severity. The aim of the study was to establish reference values to improve the interpretability of TFI scores.

Design: Results from 1114 patients with tinnitus were retrospectively analyzed.

The application of 24-hour pharyngeal pH-monitoring and Reflux Finding Score and Reflux Symptom Index questionnaires in the diagnostics of laryngopharyngeal reflux.

Introduction: Twenty-four-hour oesophageal pH-monitoring is a gold standard in the diagnostics of gastroesophageal reflux (GERD); however, this examination does not always perform well in patients in whom laryngeal symptoms of reflux are observed.

Aim: To test the effectiveness of Reflux Symptom Index (RSI) and Reflux Finding Score (RFS) in confirming the occurrence of laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR).

Material And Methods: Eighty-two patients with symptoms suggesting the occurrence of LPR were studied.

A revised grading system for the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory based on a large clinical population.

Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI) is one of the world's most commonly used tools to assess tinnitus severity. The aim of the current study was to establish a revised THI grading system using standard Z-scores and percentiles. Cross-sectional observational study.

Diagnosis of laryngopharyngeal reflux in children with voice disorders using 24-hour pharyngeal pH monitoring.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the usefulness of 24-h pharyngeal pH monitoring in the diagnosis of laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) in children with voice disorders.

Methods: The study was conducted on 68 children aged 3-18 years old. In all cases, pH monitoring was successful; no child removed the probe from the nasal cavity or reported discomfort or other complaints.

Relationship Between Tinnitus Loudness Measure by Visual Analogue Scale and Psychoacoustic Matching of Tinnitus Loudness.

Objective: The aim of the study was to assess the relationship between psychoacoustic matches of tinnitus loudness and tinnitus loudness measured with a visual analogue scale (VAS) in patients with normal hearing and patients with hearing loss.

Study Design: Cross-sectional study.

Patients: A clinical group of 140 adult patients (46.

Visual Analogue Scales as a Tool for Initial Assessment of Tinnitus Severity: Psychometric Evaluation in a Clinical Population.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of patient-reported visual analogue scale (VAS) ratings. All of the participants (100 Polish-speaking adults) completed a Tinnitus Functional Index (TFI) once and a 4-component VAS twice over a period of 3 days. Spearman's correlation coefficients between the VAS score and global TFI ranged from ρ = 0.

Clinically important change in tinnitus sensation after stapedotomy.

Background: When measuring the treatment effect in tinnitus with multi-item outcome instruments, it is crucial for both clinical and research purposes to take into consideration clinical importance of the outcome scores. The aim of the present study is to determine minimal important change (MIC) in tinnitus which is clinically meaningful to patients with otosclerosis.

Methods: The study population was 95 patients with otosclerosis, suffering from tinnitus.

Skarzynski Tinnitus Scale: validation of a brief and robust tool for assessing tinnitus in a clinical population.

Background: Many tinnitus scales are available, but all of them have certain limitations. The aim of the current study was to present a psychometric data of a new brief and reliable questionnaire that could be conveniently used for evaluating tinnitus complaint in adults (either with normal or impaired hearing)-Skarzynski Tinnitus Scale (STS).

Methods: The study included 125 participants with at least 1 month of tinnitus duration.

Tinnitus in patients with hearing loss due to mitochondrial DNA pathogenic variants.

Purpose: Tinnitus described as individual perception of phantom sound constitutes a significant medical problem and has become an essential subject of many studies conducted worldwide. In the study, we aimed to examine the prevalence of tinnitus among Polish hearing loss (HL) patients with identified mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variants.

Methods: Among the selected group of unrelated HL patients with known mtDNA pathogenic variants, two questionnaires were conducted, i.

Tinnitus and Hearing Survey: A Polish Study of Validity and Reliability in a Clinical Population.

This study investigates the psychometric properties of the Polish version of the Tinnitus and Hearing Survey (THS-POL), which is a tool for evaluating what proportion of patients' tinnitus is due to hearing problems and what proportion is specifically due to the tinnitus. The THS-POL was created using the translation-backtranslation method. Study participants completed the THS-POL twice over a period of 3 days.