AMERICAN ACADEMY OF AUDIOLOGY
12th Annual AAA Convention - Chicago 2000
TINNITUS QUESTIONNAIRE
F. Zenker & J.J. Barajas
Barajas Clinic - 38004 Santa Cruz de Tenerife - Canary Islands - Spain
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF AUDIOLOGY 12th Annual AAA Convention - Chicago 2000 |
TINNITUS QUESTIONNAIRE |
F. Zenker & J.J. Barajas Barajas Clinic - 38004 Santa Cruz de Tenerife - Canary Islands - Spain
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510: A Tinnitus Questionnaire for Spanish-Speaking Patients Guidelines for Non-Spanish-Speaking Clinicians Instructional Level: Intermediate Saturday, March 18, 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Abstract Tinnitus is a common phenomenon reported by up to 17% of the population (OPCS 1983). Many methods of management of Tinnitus have been proposed such as Tinnitus Masking, Cognitive Therapies and the most recent Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (TRT). These approaches show how important the subjective complaints about Tinnitus are. Usually these complaints are expressed verbally at the moment of taking the medical history or throughout standardised questionnaires. Since counselling and assessment of the subjective complaints are an important part of the treatment, verbal aspects must be considered as relevant point in the rehabilitation of these patients. There is an important number of Hispanic in the USA suffering from Tinnitus, which are not proficient in English. The lack of fluency in English may have serious effects on the quality of the audiological services offered to this population. In this course we will present an adaptation of the Tinnitus Questionnaire (TQ) from Jakes et. col. (1985) for Spanish speakers. This questionnaire has been translated to different language having found a similar structure for the measuring of the principal complaints of tinnitus from different countries. The TQ provides a useful index of Tinnitus related-distress and their degree of severity for clinical assessment and its potential as a measure of change in coping ability. Suggestions are proposed to provide an improved service for Spanish-speaking population suffering from Tinnitus. Tinnitus Questionnaire The TQ is a 52-item self-rating
scale, which differentiates between dimension of
emotional and cognitive distress, intrusiveness, auditory
perceptual difficulties, sleep disturbances and somatic
complaints. From this pages you can download a Spanish
version of the TQ. If you need more information about
the TQ please review these references:
Scoring the TQ is accomplished
using a software program. Once the patient's responses to
the 52 items have been entered into the software program,
scores are generated for each subscales and a graphical
display is provided for the clinician to evaluate.
Click here to a preview of the TQ Software. This
software can be used for english and spanish patientes.
Altough, if you are going to use this software to score
the result of english speaking patientes you must
configure the TQ in order to define the items that load
in each scale for your population of english sepakers.
You can find this information in the original version of
the TQ. Note: To install the 'TQ scoring
program', you must unzip this file with winzip and run
'setup.exe'. Follow the on-screen instructions. References These references are related to the Tinnitus Questionnaire presented in this Instructional Course. Tinnitus Effect Questionnaire.
Several quantitative scales have been developed for the measurement of tinnitus distress. The following references describe some of their important characteristics. Tinnitus Handicap Questionnaire Kuk, Tyler, Russell, and Jordan developed the Tinnitus Handicap Questionnaire. A factor analysis suggested three separate factors: the physical, emotional, and social consequences of tinnitus; the effects of tinnitus on hearing; and the patient's view of tinnitus.
Tinnitus Handicap/Support Scale A 28-question Tinnitus Handicap/Support Scale, focusing on the quality of life, concentration, and sleep, was developed by Erlandsson et al. An analysis of their results suggested three factors: perceived attitudes, social support, and disability/handicap.
Tinnitus Reaction Questionnaire Wilson, Henry, Bowen, and Haralambous (1991) produced a 26-items Tinnitus Reaction Questionnaire. A factor analysis suggested four factors, which they labelled 'general distress', 'interference', 'severity' and 'avoidance'.
Contacting the authors J.J. Barajas: barajas@clinicabarajas.com F. Zenker: zenker@clinicabarajas.com |