The 83 symptoms of tinnitus: Content overlap of commonly used scales for tinnitus burden
The results demonstrate high heterogeneity and limited content overlap among tinnitus burden PROMs, similar to other conditions. The findings suggest that tinnitus burden is not measured as a unified construct across questionnaires, thus, researchers and clinicians should carefully consider the specific symptoms measured when selecting instruments for treatment evaluation and comparison.
Authors
- Milena Engelke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7346-0441)
- Winfried Schlee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7942-1788)
- laura basso
- Jorge Piano Simões
Institutions
- OST - Ostschweizer Fachhochschule (CH)
- University of Applied Sciences St. Gallen (CH)
- University of Regensburg (DE)
- University of Twente (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2026-02-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0340468
- Primary Topic
- Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00