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Onset Factors Reported

Data Set 1: Tinnitus Data Registry, 1981 - 1994 Related Data Summaries

Overall Sample Number: 1630

Number of patients responding to this item: 1625

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WERE ILLNESS, ACCIDENT OR OTHER SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES ASSOCIATED WITH THE
ONSET OF YOUR PRESENT TINNITUS? ___________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
           PLEASE  EXPLAIN  BRIEFLY
I: NUMBER OF FACTORS REPORTED
N %
Patients with NO onset factors reported 693 42.6
Patients with only ONE onset factor reported 804 49.5
Patients with MORE THAN ONE onset factor reported 128 7.9
Total 1625 100.0

The total from Table I is used as the denominator for calculating percentages in the following tables.

II: PATIENTS WITH ONLY ONE ONSET FACTOR REPORTED
N % of 1625
TRAUMATIC ONSET FACTORS REPORTED
Long-duration noise 184 11.3
Brief noise (non-explosive) 53 3.3
Explosion (fireworks, gunfire, etc.) 87 5.4
Head injury 55 3.4
Neck injury/whiplash 34 2.1
Head + neck injury* 47 2.9
Barotrauma 8 0.5
MEDICAL ONSET FACTORS REPORTED (conditions/treatments)
Ear infection/inflammation 28 1.7
"Sudden hearing loss" 11 0.7
Other ear problem 42 2.6
Colds, sinus infection 35 2.2
Other illnesses 38 2.3
Drugs, medications 31 1.9
Surgery 15 0.9
Possible TMJ syndrome 11 0.7
Allergies, hayfever 3 0.2
Stress 24 1.5
OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES 98 6.0
Total sample subset.gif: When the sample size for the current analysis is substantially (more than 10%) smaller than the total number of patients in the database, this will appear to flag that fact. 804 49.5
* Head injury and neck injury occurring at the same time are here treated as a single onset factor.
III: PATIENTS WITH MORE THAN ONE ONSET FACTOR REPORTED
N % of 1625
TRAUMATIC ONSET FACTORS REPORTED
Long-duration noise 27 1.7
Brief noise (non-explosive) 12 0.7
Explosion (fireworks, gunfire, etc.) 21 1.3
Head injury 70 4.3
Neck injury/whiplash 59 3.6
Head + neck injury* 6 0.4
Barotrauma 3 0.2
MEDICAL ONSET FACTORS REPORTED (conditions/treatments)
Ear infection/inflammation 21 1.3
"Sudden hearing loss" 4 0.2
Other ear problem 8 0.5
Colds, sinus infection 13 0.8
Other illnesses 24 1.5
Drugs, medications 25 1.5
Surgery 11 0.7
Possible TMJ syndrome 5 0.3
Allergies, hayfever 4 0.2
Stress 16 1.0
OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES 42 2.6
Total intersecting groups.gif: Certain questionnaire items permit patients to provide multiple responses (e.g. "IN THE LIST BELOW, PLEASE CHECK SOUND(S) THAT MOST CLOSELY RESEMBLE YOUR TINNITUS:"). When such items are tallied, patients with multiple tinnitus sounds will be counted multiple times, thus raising the response total to a value greater than 100% --- ---
* Head injury and neck injury occurring at the same time are here treated as a single onset factor.
IV: ALL PATIENTS REGARDLESS OF NUMBER OF ONSET FACTORS REPORTED
N % of 1625
Patients with NO onset factors reported 695 42.6
TRAUMATIC ONSET FACTORS REPORTED
Long-duration noise 211 13
Brief noise (non-explosive) 65 4
Explosion (fireworks, gunfire, etc.) 108 6.6
Head injury 125 7.7
Neck injury/whiplash 93 5.7
Head + neck injury* 53 3.3
Barotrauma 11 0.7
MEDICAL ONSET FACTORS REPORTED (conditions/treatments)
Ear infection/inflammation 49 3
"Sudden hearing loss" 15 0.9
Other ear problem 50 3.1
Colds, sinus infection 48 3
Other illnesses 62 3.8
Drugs, medications 56 3.4
Surgery 26 1.6
Possible TMJ syndrome 16 1
Allergies, hayfever 7 0.4
Stress 40 2.5
OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES 140 8.6
Total intersecting groups.gif: Certain questionnaire items permit patients to provide multiple responses (e.g. "IN THE LIST BELOW, PLEASE CHECK SOUND(S) THAT MOST CLOSELY RESEMBLE YOUR TINNITUS:"). When such items are tallied, patients with multiple tinnitus sounds will be counted multiple times, thus raising the response total to a value greater than 100% --- ---
* Head injury and neck injury occurring at the same time are here treated as a single onset factor.
Onset Factors Reported
Onset Factors Reported *Excludes patients with NO onset factors reported.
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