The international vocabulary of tinnitus
Baguley, David
Baguley, David
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Tinnitus is a common experience which can have a severe impact on ones quality of life. Whilst there have been reports of historical references to tinnitus, there has not been an international cross-sectional analysis of the vocabulary used for tinnitus. In this study, with 227 respondents (of which 53.3% experiencing tinnitus themselves), we report such an analysis of 252 words or phrases, from 42 languages and 48 countries. The results indicate that the majority of vocabulary used has a negative connotation (63%), though a small minority are positive (4%). Many words used for tinnitus in different languages are onomatopoeic-thus mimicking aspects of the percept experienced-or describe the sound (in total 42% of the vocabulary). The involvement of the ear is implied in some terminology, though other vocabulary expresses the impact. Participants experiencing tinnitus significantly differed on the codes for their proposed words or phrases (p Copyright © 2022 Baguley, Caimino, Gilles and Jacquemin.
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2022
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Tinnitus, Quality of life, Cross-sectional studies
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Baguley, D.M., Caimino, C., Gilles, A. and Jacquemin, L. (2022) 'The international vocabulary of tinnitus', Frontiers in Neuroscience, 16, pp. 887592. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2022.887592 https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2022.887592.
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Available to read on the publisher's website here: https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2022.887592.