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. 2022 Nov 16;2022(11):CD013514. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013514.pub2

1. Examples of questionnaires measuring tinnitus symptom severity.

Measurement instrument (author, year) Number of items and subscales Internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha for global
score)
Tinnitus Functional Index (Meikle 2012) 25 items, 8 subscales a = 0.97
Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (Newman 1996) 25 items, 3 subscales a = 0.93
Tinnitus Handicap Questionnaire (Kuk 1990) 27 items, 3 subscales a = 0.94
Tinnitus Questionnaire (Hallam 1996) 52 items, 5 subscales a = 0.94
Tinnitus Reaction Questionnaire (Wilson 1991) 26 items, 4 subscales a = 0.96
Tinnitus Severity Scale (Sweetow 1990) 15 items Not reported