Abstract
Objective: The aim of the study was to investigate the possible impact of tinnitus on the performance of challenging cognitive tasks.
Design: Participants completed the hospital anxiety and depression scale and completed two cognitive tasks: the Vienna determination task and a variant of the Stroop paradigm. In addition, tinnitus sufferers completed the subjective tinnitus severity scale. Study sample: Thirty-three tinnitus sufferers and 33 controls took part in the study (n = 66).
Results: Tinnitus sufferers were no more depressed nor anxious than controls, but they performed less well on both cognitive tasks.
Conclusions: Possible causes and implications of these performance decrements are discussed, with particular attention given to the possibility that subjective distress is an important moderating factor in tinnitus sufferers.
Design: Participants completed the hospital anxiety and depression scale and completed two cognitive tasks: the Vienna determination task and a variant of the Stroop paradigm. In addition, tinnitus sufferers completed the subjective tinnitus severity scale. Study sample: Thirty-three tinnitus sufferers and 33 controls took part in the study (n = 66).
Results: Tinnitus sufferers were no more depressed nor anxious than controls, but they performed less well on both cognitive tasks.
Conclusions: Possible causes and implications of these performance decrements are discussed, with particular attention given to the possibility that subjective distress is an important moderating factor in tinnitus sufferers.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 88-93 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | International Journal of Audiology |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Early online date | 5 Nov 2013 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Feb 2014 |
| Externally published | Yes |