NCT05884879

Listening Effort in Tinnitus Patients

Assessment of Listening Effort in Tinnitus Patients

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 80 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Maastricht University Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 69 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

About 5-15% of the general population experience a chronic ringing, buzzing, hissing or roaring sound in one or two ears, without any external source. This so-called tinnitus can be present in people with normal hearing, but often coexists with hearing loss. Most people suffering from tinnitus can cope with it, however a minority experiences emotional distress or cognitive dysfunction as a result of the tinnitus, called tinnitus disorder. People suffering from tinnitus disorder regularly complain about an increased experienced effort when listening to speech or other sounds in daily life situations. As this has never been proven scientifically, the investigators aim to evaluate the effect of the tinnitus percept and tinnitus disorder on experienced listening effort by comparing listening effort between a population with tinnitus disorder and a population without tinnitus.

Conditions

• Listening Effort
• Tinnitus

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Tinnitus simulation	The control group will perform speech perception tests and listening effort tests in the absence and presence of a simulated tinnitus percept using a bone vibrator.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-04-06
• Primary completion: 2024-07-31
• Completion: 2024-07-31
• First posted: 2023-06-01
• Last updated: 2024-03-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Netherlands