Does Chronic Tinnitus Impact Listening Effort?

Does chronic tinnitus have an impact on listening effort? Degeest et al (2017) completed a pilot investigation where this was the primary question. Subjects included 13 individuals with both normal hearing and constant, chronic tinnitus and 13 individuals who made up a matched control group without tinnitus. Both subject groups completed a dual-task paradigm and a subjective assessment of listening effort in three real-world conditions: (1) quiet with one talker, (2) quiet with multiple talkers, and (3) in background noise.

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