Thomas Fuller

TL;DR: Findings indicate poor appreciation of the basic principles of good trial design, particularly the importance of specifying what aspect of therapeutic benefit is the main outcome.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed that the tinnitus without and with associated suffering should be differentiated by distinct terms: "Tinnitus" for the former and Tinnitus Disorder for the latter, which is the conscious awareness of a tonal or composite noise for which there is no identifiable corresponding external acoustic source.

TL;DR: A European guideline for the assessment and treatment of subjective tinnitus in adults seems feasible, and would have the potential to benefit the large number of clinicians in countries where clinical guidelines do not yet exist, and support standardization of treatment for patients across Europe.

TL;DR: A new case history instrument which is comprehensive in scope and can be answered by people with and without tinnitus alike is presented, anticipating the ESIT-SQ to be a starting point for comprehensive multi-variate analyses of tinnitis.

TL;DR: To identify and understand some of the factors that affect authors' and editors' decisions to use reporting guidelines in the publication of health research, an online survey and semi-structured interviews with a sample of authors and journal editors involved in publishing health and medical research is conducted.