A critical analysis of tinnitus measuring methods.
One of the main factors that make tinnitus treatment so difficult is the subjectivity of measuring methods and therapeutic monitoring.


METHODS
Our aim, in this study, is to make a critical analysis of tinnitus measuring methods.


CONCLUSIONS
There is no consensus about tinnitus measuring methods, causing criticism in the methodology used in many papers. In Brazil, the simplest methods are the most used.
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Otorhinolaryngology Department.
Andréia
A
Aparecida de Azevedo
Patrícia
P
Mello de Oliveira
Adriana
A
Gomes de Siqueira
Ricardo Rodrigues
RR
Figueiredo
D000818:Animals; D003939:Diagnostic Techniques, Otological; D006801:Humans; D023421:Models, Animal; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology