About the Authors

Tara L. Zaugg

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

tara.zaugg@va.gov

Affiliation VA RR&D National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research (NCRAR), VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Emily J. Thielman

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation VA RR&D National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research (NCRAR), VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Kathleen F. Carlson

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations VA RR&D National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research (NCRAR), VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, Oregon, United States of America, VA HSR&D Center to Improve Veteran Involvement in Care (CIVIC), VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, Oregon, United States of America, Oregon Health & Science University – Portland State University School of Public Health, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Anaïs Tuepker

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations VA HSR&D Center to Improve Veteran Involvement in Care (CIVIC), VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, Oregon, United States of America, Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Christine Elnitsky

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation College of Health and Human Services, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America

Karen L. Drummond

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations VA Center for Mental Healthcare and Outcomes Research, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, North Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Caroline J. Schmidt

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Yale School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Summer Newell

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation VA HSR&D Center to Improve Veteran Involvement in Care (CIVIC), VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Christine Kaelin

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation VA RR&D National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research (NCRAR), VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Christie Choma

Roles Data curation, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations VA RR&D National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research (NCRAR), VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, Oregon, United States of America, VA HSR&D Center to Improve Veteran Involvement in Care (CIVIC), VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

James A. Henry

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations VA RR&D National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research (NCRAR), VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, Oregon, United States of America, Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following conflicts: JH, TZ, and CS were part of the research team that originally developed Progressive Tinnitus Management. TZ, ET, KC, AT, KD, SN, CK, CC, and JH are currently affiliated with the Department of Veterans Affairs. The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the position or policy of the Department of Veterans Affairs or the United States government. The disclosure does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.