Mental Fatigue in Patients with Hearing Loss and/or Tinnitus Undergoing Audiological Rehabilitation-A Pilot Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Both tinnitus and hearing loss are multidimensional. The purpose of this study was to identify and determine the degree of mental fatigue in patients with hearing loss and/or tinnitus participating in audiological rehabilitation, and to examine the self-reported mental fatigue scale (MFS) in this patient group.

Methods

Patients undergoing audiological rehabilitation at the Department of Audiology and Neurotology, Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden, between 2011 and 2017 who completed a self-reported MFS questionnaire were investigated. Data on 76 patients were analysed in this pilot study. Patients were also assessed using the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI).

Results

The study population had an age range of 38-65 years, and most had normal hearing (37

SUBMITTER: Turunen-Taheri S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10648212 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature