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Ototoxicity Monitoring Tools for Testing

Name of Tool  How/Why to use it 
The National Cancer Institute’s Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) An Adverse Event (AE) is any unfavorable and unintended sign (including an abnormal laboratory finding), symptom, or disease temporally associated with the use of a medical treatment or procedure that may or may not be considered related to the medical treatment or procedure. The NCI Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events is a descriptive terminology which can be utilized for Adverse Event (AE) reporting. A grading (severity) scale is provided for each AE term.
Hearing Handicap Inventory for Adults
and
Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly		 This self-assessment tool is designed to assess the effects of hearing impairment on the emotional and social adjustment of adults
and the elderly (respectively)
Tinnitus Screener A questionnaire to categorize how often tinnitus is experienced. Replaces the Tinnitus Ototoxicity Monitoring Interview (TOMI). 
Tinnitus Handicap Inventory Screening Form These questions identify potential problems that may be related to experiencing tinnitus 
Tinnitus and Hearing Survey This questionnaire differentiates tinnitus-related from hearing-related problems
Tinnitus Functional Index This questionnaire quantifies degree of tinnitus impact. 
***Request permission prior to use: https://apps.ohsu.edu/research/tech-portal/technology/view/1004796
Tinnitus Handicap Inventory This questionnaire identifies difficulties due to tinnitus
Tinnitus NHANES Question  “In the past 12 months, have you been bothered by ringing, roaring, buzzing in your ears or head that lasts for 5 minutes or more?”
Note: chronic = >3 months
NHANES = National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
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