… At the first Tinnitus Research Initiative meeting held in Regensburg in July 2006 an attempt
… to gain a consensus both for patient assessments and for outcome measurements. It is hoped …

… , recognition has grown that measures for evaluating treatment outcomes must be designed
… major types of tinnitus measures are reviewed, including psychoacoustic measures, self-…

… There is a wide range of assessment techniques for tinnitus, but no consensus has … how
best to measure either the presenting features of tinnitus or the effects of tinnitus treatments. …

… for tinnitus clinical trials and outcome measurements in … Adoption of the WG5 actions across
different tinnitus groups … meta-analysis of patient responses to specific treatment options. The …

… In the race to develop and utilize tinnitus questionnaires in our research, we are losing sight
… to be measured at the expense of “how” it is measured. Do we really know which tinnitus-…

… is based on a consensus for patient assessment and outcome measurement found by tinnitus
experts from many countries during an international tinnitus conference in Regensburg in …

… treatment-related changes that are important to the patient (AHRQ, 2012). Specific to tinnitus,
treatment outcome … to measure effectiveness; however, there is general consensus that …

… can also make clinical research and outcome measurement difficult. … tinnitus professionals
sought consensus for patient with tinnitus assessment and treatment outcome measurement…

… improve the quality of care that tinnitus patients receive, based on current best research
evidence and multidisciplinary consensus. The guideline … employed to evaluate treatment effect. …

… current reported outcome domains in clinical and experimental studies of adults with tinnitus,
… work is to develop a core outcome set that identifies by consensus a minimum standard for …