Table 4.

Correlation between tinnitus and health-related quality of life before cochlear implantation.

			NCIQ1	NCIQ2	NCIQ3	NCIQ4	NCIQ5	NCIQ6	NCIQ total
Spearman-Rho	TQ E	Correlation coefficient	−0.202	−0.093	−0.313*	−0.097	−0.174	−0.146	−0.162
		Significance	0.205	0.561	0.046	0.548	0.276	0.362	0.313
		N	41	41	41	41	41	41	41
	TQ C	Correlation coefficient t	−0.118	−0.113	−0.315*	−0.144	−0.257	−0.240	−0.187
		Significance	0.464	0.483	0.045	0.370	0.105	0.131	0.241
		N	41	41	41	41	41	41	41
	TQ E + C	Correlation coefficient	−0.172	−0.108	−0.324*	−0.130	−0.232	−0.204	−0.191
		Significance	0.281	0.500	0.039	0.417	0.145	0.202	0.233
		N	41	41	41	41	41	41	41
	TQ I	Correlation coefficient	−0.287	−0.074	−0.300	−0.104	−0.210	−0.159	−0.199
		Sig. (2-seitig)	0.069	0.647	0.057	0.516	0.187	0.322	0.212
		N	41	41	41	41	41	41	41
	TQ A	Correlation coefficient	−0.258	−0.210	−0.437**	0.031	−0.044	0.043	−0.142
		Significance	0.104	0.187	0.004	0.849	0.784	0.791	0.378
		N	41	41	41	41	41	41	41
	TQ SI	Correlation coefficient	−0.354*	−0.315*	−0.263	−0.124	−0.279	−0.140	−0.259
		Significance	0.023	0.045	0.097	0.440	0.077	0.384	0.102
		N	41	41	41	41	41	41	41
	TQ SO	Correlation coefficient	−0.408**	−0.407**	−0.253	−0.274	−0.432**	−0.278	−0.413**
		Significance	0.008	0.008	0.111	0.083	0.005	0.078	0.007
		N	41	41	41	41	41	41	41
	TQ total	Correlation coefficient	−0.299	−0.205	−0.405**	−0.126	−0.243	−0.173	−0.260
		Significance	0.057	0.199	0.009	0.434	0.126	0.280	0.101
		N	41	41	41	41	41	41	41

*p ≤ 0.05.

**p ≤ 0.01.

Subscales of Nijmegen Cochlear Implantation Questionnaire (NCIQ): 1 basic sound perception; 2 advanced sound perception; 3 speech production; 4 self-esteem; 5 activity; and 6 social interactions.

Subscales of Tinnitus Questionnaire (TQ): E, emotional distress; C, cognitive distress; E + C, combined psychological distress; I, intrusiveness; A, auditory perception difficulties; SI, sleep disturbances; SO, somatic complaints.