A comparison of the severity of tinnitus in patients with and without hearing loss using the tinnitus functional index (TFI).

Nadeem Mahafza Fei Zhao Amr El RefaieFeifan Chen

Published in: International journal of audiology (2020)

Tinnitus severity was significantly worse in tinnitus patients with a hearing loss than tinnitus patients with normal hearing thresholds. This should be taken into consideration when clinicians are planning counselling and management protocols for individual patients.

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