Table 2.
Participants’ Characteristics and Tinnitus Parameters (n = 29).
| Mean | SD | Median | Minimum | Maximum | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 54.72 | 11.26 | 57.00 | 22 | 73 |
| Tinnitus duration (months) | 168.97 | 113.92 | 132.00 | 16 | 420 |
| Hearing loss (both ears, dB) | 21.08 | 10.14 | 19.09 | 3 | 44 |
| SL near tinnitus frequency (both ears, dB)a | 33.45 | 18.67 | 30.00 | 0 | 70 |
| TQ total score (0–84) | 36.83 | 17.22 | 40.00 | 10 | 63 |
| THI total score (0–100) | 53.10 | 11.26 | 53.00 | 33 | 71 |
| Mini-HQ9 (0–27) | 12.38 | 5.39 | 11.00 | 4 | 24 |
| Tinnitus awareness (%) | 66.00 | 25.74 | 70.00 | 20 | 100 |
| Tinnitus loudness (%) | 59.83 | 21.90 | 60.00 | 20 | 100 |
| VAS loudness (0–100) | 50.90 | 2.59 | 50.90 | 1 | 90 |
| MML (dB) | 60.28 | 18.05 | 58.00 | 29 | 80 |
| Tinnitus loudness (matching, dB) | 57.72 | 15.38 | 56.61 | 19 | 80 |
| Tinnitus frequency (matching, Hz) | 4040.66 | 2122.25 | 3530.00 | 298 | 10965 |
| Tinnitus side (matching, 0–127) | 66.66 | 35.53 | 63.00 | 0 | 127 |
Note. TQ = tinnitus Questionnaire (Goebel & Hiller, 1994); THI = tinnitus handicap inventory (Newman et al., 1996); Mini-HQ9 = mini hyperacusis inventory (Goebel et al., 2013); VAS = visual analog scale; MML = minimum masking level.
a
Nearest frequency of pure-tone audiometry to the matched tinnitus frequency.