Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Department of Medical Education, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Curr Top Behav Neurosci. 2021;51:383-401. doi: 10.1007/7854_2020_176.
Ecological momentary assessment is a valuable research technique meant to capture real-time data and contextualize disease. While more common in neuropsychiatric research, this methodology is exceptionally fit for tinnitus. Tinnitus has been shown to be affected by many patient-level and environment-specific factors. From an individual's baseline anxiety to the level of ambient noise in their environment, the level of bother experienced by those with tinnitus can vary widely. Only assessing tinnitus within a clinical environment can distort the true impact of the disease. Ecological data can minimize bias while generating an individualistic picture of the burden being experienced by the patient. Individual data can also compliment new research methods rooted in precision medicine, providing clearer, better-suited treatments for each patient on the tinnitus spectrum.
生态瞬时评估是一种有价值的研究技术，旨在实时捕捉数据并使疾病情境化。虽然这种方法在神经精神研究中更为常见，但它非常适合耳鸣研究。耳鸣受到许多患者水平和环境特异性因素的影响。从个体的基础焦虑到环境中的环境噪声水平，耳鸣患者的困扰程度差异很大。仅在临床环境中评估耳鸣会扭曲疾病的真实影响。生态数据可以最大限度地减少偏见，同时为患者所经历的负担描绘出个性化的图景。个体数据还可以为基于精准医学的新研究方法提供补充，为耳鸣谱系中的每位患者提供更清晰、更适合的治疗方法。
