
Abstract Background Combining a mobile application-based vestibular diary called the DizzyQuest and an iPad-based hearing test enables evaluation of the relationship between experienced neuro-otological symptoms and hearing thresholds in daily life setting. The aim was to investigate the relationship between self-reported hearing symptoms and hearing thresholds in patients with Meniere’s disease (MD), using the DizzyQuest and the iPad-based hearing test simultaneously. Methods The DizzyQuest was administered for 3 weeks in 21 patients. Using the experience-sampling-method (ESM), it assessed hearing loss and tinnitus severity for both ears separately. Each day after the DizzyQuest, an iPad-based hearing test was used to measure hearing thresholds. A mixed model regression analysis was performed to investigate relationships between hearing thresholds and self-reported hearing loss and tinnitus severity. Results Fifteen patients were included. Overall, pure-tone averages (PTAs) were not correlated with self-reported hearing loss severity and tinnitus. Individual differences in PTA results between both ears did not significantly influence the difference in self-reported hearing loss severity between both ears. Self-reported hearing loss and tinnitus scores were significantly higher in ears that corresponded with audiometric criteria of MD (p < 0.001). Self-reported tinnitus severity significantly increased with self-reported hearing loss severity in affected (p = 0.011) and unaffected ears (p < 0.001). Conclusion Combining the DizzyQuest and iPad-based hearing test, facilitated assessment of self-reported hearing loss and tinnitus severity and their relationship with hearing thresholds, in a daily life setting. This study illustrated the importance of investigating neuro-otological symptoms at an individual level, using multiple measurements. ESM strategies like the DizzyQuest should therefore be considered in neuro-otological research.
616.8, ACCURACY, SENSE, Clinical Neurology, Criminology, Tinnitus, Audiometry, Hearing, QUALITY-OF-LIFE, DIZZINESS, COHERENCE, ANXIETY, Humans, Hearing Loss, Meniere Disease, Science & Technology, Original Communication, DizzyQuest, Meniere's disease, Hearing loss, Experience sampling, Audiometry, Pure-Tone, Neurosciences & Neurology, Self Report, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, ddc: ddc:616.8
616.8, ACCURACY, SENSE, Clinical Neurology, Criminology, Tinnitus, Audiometry, Hearing, QUALITY-OF-LIFE, DIZZINESS, COHERENCE, ANXIETY, Humans, Hearing Loss, Meniere Disease, Science & Technology, Original Communication, DizzyQuest, Meniere's disease, Hearing loss, Experience sampling, Audiometry, Pure-Tone, Neurosciences & Neurology, Self Report, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, ddc: ddc:616.8
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