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A Device Supporting the Self Management of Tinnitus

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Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering (IWBBIO 2017)

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Tinnitus is an annoying ringing in the ears, in varying shades and intensities. Tinnitus can affect a patient’s overall health and social well-being (e.g., sleep problems, trouble concentrating, anxiety, depression and inability to work). Usually, the diagnostic procedure of tinnitus passes through three steps, i.e., audiological examination, psychoacoustic measurement, and disability evaluation. All steps are performed by physicians, by using dedicated hardware/software and administering questionnaires. The paper reports on the results of a one-year running project whose aim is to directly support patients in such a diagnostic procedure by using a specific device and their smartphone.

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    http://vittorini.univaq.it/tinnitus/.

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    The font size may be too narrow for some users (especially elderly) if not scalable.

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  1. IBSAL/BISITE Research Group, Edificio I+D+i, University of Salamanca, Calle Espejo 12, 37007, Salamanca, Spain

    Pablo Chamoso, Fernando De La Prieta & Daniel Santos-Santos

  2. University of L’Aquila, Delta 6, Via G. Petrini, Coppito, 67100, L’Aquila, Italy

    Alberto Eibenstein, Angelo Tizio & Pierpaolo Vittorini

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  1. Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain

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  2. Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain

    Francisco Ortuño

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Chamoso, P., De La Prieta, F., Eibenstein, A., Santos-Santos, D., Tizio, A., Vittorini, P. (2017). A Device Supporting the Self Management of Tinnitus. In: Rojas, I., Ortuño, F. (eds) Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering. IWBBIO 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10209. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56154-7_36

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