title: Temporal resolution and selective attention of individuals with tinnitus.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  speech comprehension difficulty is a very common complaint of individuals with tinnitus with and without hearing loss. This study was conducted in order to analyze if tinnitus interferes in auditory processing and speech comprehension in individuals with normal hearing levels.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  to asses and compare the auditory behavior of temporal resolution and selective attention of adults with normal hearing levels with and without tinnitus.
  
  
  METHODS
  45 individuals, 15 with continuous tinnitus and 30 without tinnitus were selected and assessed by three auditory processing tests: Speech in Noise Test, Dichotic Digits Test and Gaps in Noise. After that, the results of each group were compared by appropriated statistic's tests; one of them was ANOVA.
  
  
  RESULTS
  there were no significant statistical differences between the groups and both ears.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  tinnitus did not interfere in the auditory abilities of selective attention and temporal resolution.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Fonoaudiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil. belacrani@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Isabela Olszanski
authors.initials: IO
authors.lastname: Acrani
authors.forename: Liliane Desgualdo
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Pereira
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D032882:Comprehension / Q000502:physiology*; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013060:Speech; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D055815:Young Adult