Predicting the gender of individuals with tinnitus based on daily life data of the TrackYourTinnitus mHealth platform.

ABSTRACT: Tinnitus is an auditory phantom perception in the absence of an external sound stimulation. People with tinnitus often report severe constraints in their daily life. Interestingly, indications exist on gender differences between women and men both in the symptom profile as well as in the response to specific tinnitus treatments. In this paper, data of the TrackYourTinnitus platform (TYT) were analyzed to investigate whether the gender of users can be predicted. In general, the TYT mobile Health crowdsensing platform was developed to demystify the daily and momentary variations of tinnitus symptoms over time. The goal of the presented investigation is a better understanding of gender-related differences in the symptom profiles of users from TYT. Based on two questionnaires of TYT, four mach

SUBMITTER: Allgaier J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8443560 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature