Table 1. Demographic and clinical characteristics of the participants in the study.

Variables	Normal HearingN = 11	Hearing LossN = 7	TinnitusN = 8
Age (M/SD)	48.09/10.42	51.38/11.45	56.13/7.04
Sex N (M/F)	11/0	7/0	8/0
BDI-II (M/SD)	0.75/2.81	0.57/0.73	1.45/1.49
THI (M/SD)	n/a	n/a	17.25/5.01
Duration of tinnitus (M/SD) in years	n/a	n/a	14.43/12.56

BDI = Beck Depression Inventory, THI = Tinnitus Handicap Inventory.