TABLE 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of participants.
| Characteristics | Tinnitus patients (baseline, n = 33) | Tinnitus patients (24th week, n = 33) | Healthy controls (baseline, n = 26) | Healthy controls (24th week, n = 26) | P-values |
| Age (years, ± s) | 48.2 ± 12.4 | 47.3 ± 9.6 | 0.745a | ||
| Gender (male/female) | 23/10 | 15/11 | >0.99b | ||
| Handedness | 33 right-handed | 26 right-handed | >0.99a | ||
| Tinnitus duration (months) | ≥6 and ≤48 | NA | NA | ||
| Tinnitus pitch | 250–8,000 Hz | NA | |||
| THI score | 52.5 ± 44.3 | 37.3 ± 20.9 | NA | NA | 0.011c |
| ΔTHI score | 15.3 ± 32.8 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Laterality | 2 right, 5 left, 26 bilateral |
Data are presented as mean ± SD for all variables except gender. THI, Tinnitus Handicap Inventory; ΔTHI, THIpre – THIpost; NA, not applicable. aTwo-sample t-tests. bChi-square test. cPaired-samples t-tests.