2022 Volume 65 Issue 1 Pages 51-59
We examined the current status and problems in tinnitus practice at our hospital, by analyzing the data of chronic tinnitus patients obtained using the Tinnitus Sample Case History Questionnaire (TSCHQ), and by comparing the patients backgrounds in individual treatment groups. The severity of tinnitus was milder in patients who had only had one consultation than in those who had had several consultations in their various backgrounds and thus it was almost proper that the group of tinnitus patients who had only first consultation had only first consultation. In addition, some tinnitus patients who had had only one consultation had possibly some mental factors without being intervened for which they had received no intervention. Comparison of the characteristics of tinnitus patients who received sound therapy with hearing aids and those with no hearing loss who received sound therapy without hearing aids revealed that the only item that was significantly different was the tinnitus duration (months), although the degree of improvement of the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI) score was significantly different between the two groups. Therefore, it was thought that the tinnitus duration might be associated with the severity of tinnitus. To further understand the clinical findings of chronic tinnitus according to subgroups, we recommend the creation of a global database.
