title: [Tinnitus measurement with conventional audiometer versus high-frequency audiometer].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Determinations of the psychoacoustic characteristics of tinnitus (frequency and intensity) are valid for diagnosis, treatment, monitoring and research purposes. The aim of this work is to compare the frequency of the tinnitus measured with a standard audiometer and a high frequency audiometer.
  
  
  METHODS
  We used a conventional audiometer (frequency range: 125-12,000 Hz) and a high-frequency audiometer (frequency range: 125-18,000 Hz) to measure the frequency and intensity of tinnitus in 47 patients with tinnitus as a continuous ringing.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We found statistically-significant differences between the determination of the frequency of tinnitus made with conventional and high-frequency audiometers, as well as a correlation between high-frequency tinnitus and distress expressed by patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  1) The frequency of tinnitus determined by high-frequency audiometer is greater than the frequency determined by conventional audiometer; 2) the higher the frequency of tinnitus, the more discomfort the patient manifests; and 3) there is no relationship between the intensity and discomfort caused by tinnitus.
authors.affiliation: UGC Otorrinolaringología, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, España. malopez@cica.es
authors.forename: Miguel A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: López-González
authors.forename: Esther
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cambil
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abrante
authors.forename: Rocío
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: López-Fernández
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Barea
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Esteban
mesh_terms: D000158:Acoustic Impedance Tests / Q000295:instrumentation*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015588:Observer Variation; D010147:Pain Measurement; D017288:Pain Threshold; D011571:Psychoacoustics; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology