How to search

To search, type in the terms you are looking for in the above form, then click the Search button. All the webpages in the Tinnitus Archive Search Engine containing your search terms will be returned.

The best matches will be first, so you can usually find what you are looking for without scrolling.

For instance, if you are looking for webpages containing "head traumatic", you would enter the search terms as below:

Enter search term(s):

Search results

Webpages will often contain many results. A single search result might look like this:

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2/27/04

Onset Factors Reported, Data Set 1

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3/31/03

Onset Factors Reported, Data Set 2

From left to right, here are what the columns mean:

• Relevancy ranking
  100% percent means this is a very good match. 1% percent means it is a very bad match. Search results are listed from best to worst.
  
  
• Date
  The date at which this webpage was last modified.
  
  
• Title
  The title of the webpage is also a link to the webpage. To go to the webpage, just click on the title.

What gets searched

This search engine searches the Tinnitus Archive.

Tips for better searching

Very common English words like "and" and "the" are ignored -- there's no need to include those in your search terms. A search for "the head traumatic" is the same as searching for "head traumatic."

Words like "tinnitus" and "sound" appear on many webpages -- using those as search terms may be redundant, and may slow down your search. For instance, searching for "tinnitus head traumatic" will not give you a better search than searching for "head traumatic." It is best to avoid using terms that you suspect appear on many webpages.

edition. Website published by the Oregon Hearing Research Center.