Table 3.
Tinnitus characteristics and duration.
| Tinnitus character (Total) |
Anxiety Total (%) |
No anxiety Total (%) |
Depression Total (%) |
No depression Total (%) |
Both Total (%) |
Neither Total (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intermittent (35) | 28 (80) | 4 (11.4) | 18 (51.4) | 14 (40) | 18 (51.4) | 4 (11.4) |
| Persistent (55) | 37 (67.3) | 10 (18.2) | 33 (60) | 16 (29.1) | 30 (54.5) | 9 (16.4) |
| Bilateral (84) | 60 (71.4) | 15 (17.9) | 49 (58.3) | 28 (33.3) | 46 (54.8) | 14 (16.7) |
| Unilateral (7) | 6 (85.7) | 1 (14.3) | 4 (57.1) | 3 (42.9) | 3 (42.9) | 0 (0) |
| More than 10 yrs. (45) | 31 (15.6) | 7 (15.6) | 22 (48.9) | 17 (37.8) | 21 (46.7) | 7 (15.6) |
| Less than 10 yrs. (21) | 13 (19) | 4 (19) | 10 (47.6) | 9 (42.9) | 8 (38.1) | 4 (19) |