Table 2.

Qualitative description of tinnitus by Ménière’s disease patients (N = 18) with unilateral disease and one-sided, permanent tinnitus.

	N
Noise-like tinnitus	7
Low-pitched noise (roaring, buzzing)	4
Noise with modulation/pulsatile (rushing blood)	2
Other: humming	1
Tonal tinnitus	5
Pure Tone—exactly like matching tone	2
High-frequency whistling, swishing	3
Hybrid tinnitus percept	6
High-frequency tone(s) + low-pitched noise (angle sander, whistling, and dull roaring)	4
Other: rushing blood	2
Swarm of bees