Table 3.

Socio-demographic data and Tinnitus-Characteristics

Variable	Numbers
N [all (female)]	107 (39)
Age in years [mean (SD)]	54.3 (12.4)
highest level of education [general school / intermediate school / grammar school / university / others]	11.2% / 35.7% / 3.1% / 49.0% / 1.0%
Occupation [working / homemaker / vocational training / retirement / unemployed / untrained]	55.9% / 2.7% / 3.5% / 15.1% / 6.2% / 2.7%
Initial onset – time in years [mean (SD); Min-Max, Median]	7.3 (8.3); min 1. max 44. med 4.0
Tinnitus frequency [kHz (SD)]	6.1 ± 2.5
Tinnitus minimum masking level [dB (SD)]	52.2 (21.3)
Subjective loudness [scale 1-100]	55.8 (46.6)
Sound quality of the tinnitus [sinusoidal / NB / BB]	56.9% / 24.5% / 18.6%
Subjective tinnitus sensation [pure tone / noise]	80.4% / 19.6%
Tinnitus location: N [LE / BE / RE / inside head]	54.1% / 55.4% / 16.2% / 5.4%
Tinnitus changes over time [present all time / sometimes not audible]	77.3% / 22.7%
Sound stimulation devices [Hearing aids / sound generators(noiser, masker, tinnitus instrument)]	14.1% / 7.8%