Table 1.
Participant characteristics. SD: standard deviation. Note that audiogram data are missing for two control subjects.
| Tinnitus | No tinnitus | |||
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| Gender | Male | 14 | 10 | χ 2(1) = 0.031 |
| Female | 14 | 9 | p = 0.90 | |
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| Age | Mean (SD) |
54.7 (12.8) |
39.0 (14.0) |
t(45) = 3.96 p < 0.001 |
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| Pure-tone average (0.25–8 kHz) | Mean left (SD) |
25.2 (18.5) |
4.5 (6.4) |
t(43) = 4.43 p < 0.001 |
| Mean right (SD) |
21.1 (16.5) |
4.0 (5.7) |
t(43) = 4.11 p < 0.001 |
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| Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI) | Mean (score) (SD) |
39.9 (21.1) |
NA | |
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| Hyperacusis | N | 3 | NA | |
| Mean (score) (SD) |
17.0 (9.4) |
NA | ||
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| TI quality | Tonal | 19 | NA | |
| Hissing | 3 | NA | ||
| Ringing | 6 | NA | ||
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| TI laterality | Right | 6 | NA | |
| Left | 11 | NA | ||
| Bilateral | 11 | NA | ||
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| TI duration (years) | Mean (SD) |
12.9 (15.1) |
NA | |