Association between subjective tinnitus and cognitive performance: protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Subjective tinnitus is very common and has a number of comorbid associations including depression, sleep disturbance and concentration difficulties. Concentration difficulties may be observable in people with tinnitus through poorer behavioural performance in tasks thought to measure specific cognitive domains such as attention and memory (ie, cognitive performance). Several reviews have discussed the association between tinnitus and cognition; however, none to date have investigated the association between tinnitus and cognitive performance through meta-analysis with reference to an established theoretical taxonomy. Furthermore, there has been little overlap between sets of studies that have been included in previous reviews, potentially contributing to the typically

SUBMITTER: Clarke NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6091911 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature