Abstract
Fory-three patients with subjective tinnitus were evaluated by pitch match method. The pitch match method was performed by using pure tone audiometer (fixed frequency) and sweep audiometer (continuous frequency). As the test tone, pure tone, narrow band noise and white noise were used. Out of 43 patients, seven were tinnitus sufferer without hearing impairment and the other 36 were the cases with various type of sensoryneural hearing impairment. The pitch sensation for 33 patients, most of whose hearing impairment were sensory type, were identified as pure tone. The pitch sensation for some cases of presbycusis and the patients without hearing problem revealed to be band noise or white noise in character.
