Table 1.
Group demographics, questionnaire scores and tinnitus characteristics.
| No tinnitus group | Tinnitus group | Tinnitus characteristics | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | Age | HQ | BAI | BDI-FS | Sex | Age | HQ | BAI | BDI-FS | Laterality | Duration (yrs) | THQ | TCHQ % annoy | |
| F | 68 | 6 | 2 | 0 | M | 72 | 24 | 10 | 4 | L | 15 | 25.1 | 28 | |
| F | 71 | 9 | 8 | 3 | M | 64 | 14 | 2 | 2 | L&R | 2 | 35.5 | 10 | |
| M | 58 | 13 | 2 | 0 | M | 72 | 14 | 2 | 2 | L&R | 2 | 60.4 | 70 | |
| M | 68 | 19 | 0 | 3 | F | 67 | 8 | 6 | 0 | L&R | 4 | 61.3 | 50 | |
| M | 75 | 8 | 3 | 0 | F | 73 | 11 | 4 | 2 | IN HEAD | 70 | 21.1 | 5 | |
| M | 68 | 9 | 0 | 0 | F | 57 | 18 | 11 | 0 | IN HEAD | 2 | 63.3 | 50 | |
| M | 60 | 2 | 0 | 0 | M | 71 | 22 | 3 | 0 | IN HEAD | 6 | 68.4 | 30 | |
| F | 75 | 18 | 13 | 4 | M | 71 | 11 | 5 | 0 | L&R | 10 | 32.2 | 20 | |
| M | 66 | 8 | 0 | 0 | M | 64 | 11 | 0 | 0 | L&R | 20 | 30 | 20 | |
| M | 74 | 2 | 0 | 1 | F | 72 | 17 | 3 | 0 | R | 13 | 50.6 | 35 | |
| M | 70 | 11 | 14 | 0 | M | 49 | 10 | 4 | 2 | L&R | 2 | 57.5 | 50 | |
| ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | F | 58 | 15 | 1 | 1 | L&R | 40 | 18.7 | 25 | |
| MEAN | 8M/3F | 68.5 | 9.6 | 3.8 | 1 | 7M/5F | 65.8 | 14.6 | 4.3 | 1.1 | ~ | 15.5 | 43.7 | 32.8 |
| SD | ~ | ~ | 5.54 | 5.34 | 1.55 | ~ | ~ | 4.9 | 3.36 | 1.31 | ~ | 20.4 | 18.32 | |
M, male; F, female; L, left; R, right; HEAD, central tinnitus; HQ, hyperacusis questionnaire; BAI, beck anxiety inventory; BDI-FS, beck depression inventory—fast screen; THQ, tinnitus handicap questionnaire; TCHQ, tinnitus case history questionnaire.