Table 1.
Description of the study group. Ratio or mean values are given ± standard deviation.
| Ratio/Mean [SD] | |
|---|---|
| Gender 1 | 42/80 |
| age | 54.0 [10.9] |
| tinnitus duration [months] | 160.9 [99.6] |
| laterality of tinnitus 2 | 13/21/28/18/20/16/0 |
| tinnitus sound characteristics 3 | 71/13/20/9 |
| intermittent vs. constant tinnitus 4 | 13/107 |
| pulsation of tinnitus 5 | 10/09/99 |
| loudness fluctuation 6 | 75/44 |
| tinnitus frequency 7 | 38/55/22/2 |
| maskability of tinnitus 8 | 82/25/12 |
| somatic tinnitus 9 | 55/65 |
| temporomandibular disorder 10 | 34/83 |
| neck pain 11 | 73/47 |
| other pain 12 | 52/68 |
| tinnitus influenced by stress 13 | 97/23 |
| subjective hearing problem 14 | 84/35 |
| hearing aids 15 | 6/4/26/83 |
| hyperacusis 16 | 76/35 |
| headache 17 | 39/81 |
| dizziness/vertigo 18 | 56/36 |
1: female/male; 2: right ear/left ear/both ears but worse on left/both ears but worse on right/both ears equally/inside the head/elsewhere; 3: tone/noise/cricket/other sound; 4: intermittent/constant; 5: yes, with the heart rate/yes, different from heart rate/no; 6: fluctuates/constant; 7: very high freq./high freq./medium freq./low freq.; 8: yes/no/do not know; 9: yes/no/do not know; 10: suffers from temporomandibular disorders/does not suffer from temporomandibular disorder; 11: suffers from neck pain/does not suffer from neck pain; 12: suffers from pain syndrome/does not suffer from pain syndrome; 13: stress influences tinnitus/stress does not influence tinnitus; 14: has hearing problem/does not have hearing problems; 15: right ear/left ear/both ears/none; 16: suffers from hyperacusis/does not suffer from hyperacusis; 17: suffers from headaches/does not suffer from headaches; 18: suffers from dizziness/does not suffer from dizziness.