NCT01222507

Processing Speed as an Objective Measure of Tinnitus

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Washington University School of Medicine · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The overall purpose of this research is to assess whether both the "60 second Brain Game" and the "Brain Speed Test" computer-based programs can be used as assessment tools for objectively defining the severity of the functional impact of tinnitus.

Detailed description

This cross-sectional study aims to assess for deficits in brain processing speed and attention (two cognitive domains whose deficits have been implicated in tinnitus) with the use of the "Brain Speed Test".

Conditions

• Tinnitus

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-07-01
• Primary completion: 2010-10-01
• Completion: 2010-10-01
• First posted: 2010-10-18
• Last updated: 2012-10-25
• Results posted: 2012-10-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States