TABLE 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of chronic tinnitus patients and healthy controls.

	Tinnitus patients (n = 50)	Healthy controls (n = 55)	p-value
Age (year)	50.20 ± 11.19	46.82 ± 11.99	0.139
Gender (male: female)	18:32	21:34	0.817
Education levels (years)	12.50 ± 2.93	12.674 ± 3.04	0.768
Tinnitus duration (months)	37.71 ± 34.58	–	–
THQ score	52.22 ± 15.08	–	–
Hearing thresholds (left)	16.79 ± 2.76	16.87 ± 2.55	0.890
Hearing thresholds (right)	16.60 ± 3.37	16.95 ± 2.35	0.569
Hearing thresholds (average)	16.69 ± 2.68	16.91 ± 1.62	0.642

Data are represented as mean ± SD. The PTA from both ears was averaged. PTA, pure tone audiometry; THQ, tinnitus handicap questionnaires.