%0 Journal Article
%T An¨¢lise da correla£¿£¿o entre a escala visual-an¨¢loga e o Tinnitus Handicap Inventory na avalia£¿£¿o de pacientes com zumbido
%A Figueiredo
%A Ricardo Rodrigues
%A Azevedo
%A Andr¨¦ia Aparecida de
%A Oliveira
%A Patr¨ªcia de Mello
%J Revista Brasileira de Otorrinolaringologia
%D 2009
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%R 10.1590/S0034-72992009000100012
%X one of the most challenging topics in tinnitus clinical studies is the measuring method used. visual analogue scales (vas) and tinnitus handicap inventory (thi) are frequently used in tinnitus. aim: to verify the relationship between vas and thi scores in tinnitus patients in a prospective study. materials and methods: 43 patients classified their tinnitus according to vas and thi, and both scores were compared through the spearman's correlation coefficient test. results: there was a correlation between the vas and thi scores. conclusion: there is correlation between vas and thi scores in patients with sensorineural tinnitus.
%K measurement
%K tinnitus.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0034-72992009000100012&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en