Kraft, Robin and Langguth, Berthold and Simoes, Jorge and Reichert, Manfred and Schlee, Winfried and Pryss, Ruediger (2025) Global 10 year ecological momentary assessment and mobile sensing study on tinnitus and environmental sounds. NPJ DIGITAL MEDICINE, 8 (1): 162. ISSN 2398-6352,
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In most tinnitus patients, tinnitus can be masked by external sounds. However, evidence for the efficacy of sound-based treatments is scarce. To elucidate the effect of sounds on tinnitus under real-world conditions, we collected data through the TrackYourTinnitus mobile platform over a ten-year period using Ecological Momentary Assessment and Mobile Crowdsensing. Using this dataset, we analyzed 67,442 samples from 572 users. Depending on the effect of environmental sounds on tinnitus, we identified three groups (T-, T+, T0) using Growth Mixture Modeling (GMM). Moreover, we compared these groups with respect to demographic, clinical, and user characteristics. We found that external sound reduces tinnitus (T-) in about 20% of users, increases tinnitus (T+) in about 5%, and leaves tinnitus unaffected (T0) in about 75%. The three groups differed significantly with respect to age and hearing problems, suggesting that the effect of sound on tinnitus is a relevant criterion for clinical subtyping.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | ; |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 19 May 2026 06:20 |
| Last Modified: | 19 May 2026 06:20 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/67453 |
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