Tinnitus loudness typically sits 5-15 dB above threshold yet does not predict annoyance.
Evidence
In most instances, the sound level in dB HL that best matches the tinnitus loudness is about 5 to 15 dB above the patient’s audiometric threshold. There is no relationship between the tinnitus loudness and the annoyance of the tinnitus, and today, tinnitus loudness matches are not considered to be useful to diagnostic audiology. — Jennifer Lentz, Psychoacoustics- Perception of Normal…, 1742 (
#corroborates, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Tinnitus loudness matches do not predict tinnitus annoyance or diagnostic value — Jennifer Lentz, Psychoacoustics- Perception of Normal…, 1742; Tinnitus quality carries key diagnostic value despite rarely being measured psychophysically.
Related
- Tinnitus loudness matches do not predict tinnitus annoyance or diagnostic value (similarity 0.96)
- Tinnitus loudness matches fall 5 to 15 dB above audiometric threshold (similarity 0.93)
- Tinnitus quality carries key diagnostic value despite rarely being measured psychophysically. (similarity 0.85)
- Tinnitus has no objective diagnostic test and is diagnosed by self-report alone (similarity 0.83)
- Tinnitus affects 5-10 percent of the population yet its causes remain largely unknown (similarity 0.82)
- Tinnitus patients were matched to controls with normal hearing up to 8 kHz (similarity 0.81)
- Tinnitus is the top service-connected military disability yet lacks any diagnostic test. (similarity 0.80)
- Tinnitus character signals underlying medical conditions (similarity 0.80)
- Tinnitus involves central nervous system mechanisms and remains poorly understood (similarity 0.80)
- Humans discriminate level differences of under half a decibel across a 100 dB range (similarity 0.79)
- Tinnitus pitch spans the entire region of hearing loss, not a single frequency (similarity 0.79)
- Loudness is not reducible to sound pressure level or signal power (similarity 0.79)
- Healthy hearing detects 1 to 2 dB level changes at 60 dB (similarity 0.79)
- Noise research shifted from hearing-loss risk to subjective annoyance (similarity 0.79)
- Threshold in quiet affects loudness mainly for faint sounds (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Tinnitus loudness matches do not predict tinnitus annoyance or diagnostic value
#corroborates(0.95) — Jennifer Lentz, Psychoacoustics- Perception of Normal…, 1742 - Tinnitus quality carries key diagnostic value despite rarely being measured psychophysically.
#expands(0.75)