TINNITUS: STUDY OF THE INCOMMODE DEGREE AND RELATION TO THE LOCATION OF THE SYMPTOM

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ABSTRACT Objective: Investigate the annoyance caused by tinnitus related to laterality. Material and Methods: It is a retrospective and cross-sectional documentary study in which 125 patients participated, 79 women and 46 men, subdivided into three groups regarding the tinnitus laterality. Group I was composed of 53 subjects with unilateral tinnitus, group II with 58 participants with bilateral tinnitus and group III with 14 individuals with tinnitus in the head. A database was formed with the responses regarding the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory – THI; visual analogue scale (VAS) and trait-state anxiety inventory (IDATE). The results were analyzed through the R-Project program version 3.3.3, the Student's T-test and the non-parametric Mann-Whitney test. Results: The majority of patients (46%) presented bilateral tinnitus, affecting mainly the female gender. Concerning the degree of discomfort, all groups presented grade 3 (moderate – THI), but without significance between groups. In the VAS, the 10-point (mode) score was observed, with a higher occurrence in group II. The anxiety trait was higher for group II. Conclusion: Patients with bilateral tinnitus have more frequent and severe discomfort than those with unilateral and in the head tinnitus. DESCRIPTORS: Tinnitus. Hearing. Functional Laterality. Audiology.

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Author Biographies

Larissa Roberta Pereira Rodrigues, UFPB

Fonoaudióloga graduada pela UFPB.

Natália Silva Lourenço, UFPB

Estatística graduada pela UFPB.

Ana Loisa de Lima e Silva Araújo, UFPB

Professora Adjunto do Departamento de Fonoaudiologia da UFPB, Doutora em Ciências da Saúde pela Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo.

Wagner Teobaldo Lopes de Andrade, Universidade Federal da Paraíba

Professor Adjunto IV do Departamento de Fonoaudiologia da UFPB. Doutor em Linguística pela UFPB.

Hannalice Gottschalck Cavalcanti, UFPB

Doutora em Ciências da Saúde pela UFRN. Professora Adjunto do Departamento de Fonoaudiologia da UFPB e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Fonoaudiologia (PPGFon) da UFPB/UFRN.

Luciana Pimentel Fernandes de Melo, UFPB

Doutora em Psicologia Cognitiva (UFPE), Especialista em Audiologia pelo CFFa, Professora do Departamento de Fonoaudiologia da UFPB.

Marine Raquel Diniz da Rosa, UFPB

Doutora em Farmacologia pela Universidade Federal da Paraíba-UFPB. Professora Adjunto IV do curso de Fonoaudiologia da Universidade Federal da Paraíba-UFPB. Docente e pesquisadora dos Programas de Pós-graduação em Neurociência Cognitiva e Comportamento (PPgNeC) da UFPB e de Fonoaudiologia (PPGFON) da UFPB/UFRN.

Published

2019-10-28

How to Cite

Rodrigues, L. R. P., Lourenço, N. S., Araújo, A. L. de L. e S., Andrade, W. T. L. de, Cavalcanti, H. G., Melo, L. P. F. de, & Rosa, M. R. D. da. (2019). TINNITUS: STUDY OF THE INCOMMODE DEGREE AND RELATION TO THE LOCATION OF THE SYMPTOM. Revista Brasileira De Ciências Da Saúde, 23(2). Retrieved from https://periodicos.ufpb.br/ojs/index.php/rbcs/article/view/48419