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Loudness Rating (Subjective)

Data Set 2: Gender Based Differences in Tinnitus Related Data Summaries

Overall Sample Number: 873

Number of patients responding to this item: 351sample 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.

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ON THE SCALE BELOW PLEASE INDICATE THE LOUDNESS OF YOUR USUAL TINNITUS
(CIRCLE NUMBER)
0      1      2      3      4      5      6      7      8      9     10
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VERY QUIET               INTERMEDIATE LOUDNESS                VERY LOUD
LOUDNESS RATING (SUBJECTIVE)
Males Females All
Scale Value N Column % N Column % N Column %
0.0 - 2.0 2 0.8 1 1.0 3 0.9
2.1 - 4.0 32 12.9 10 9.7 42 12.0
4.1 - 6.0 83 33.5 30 29.1 113 32.2
6.1 - 8.0 77 31.0 28 27.2 105 29.9
8.1 - 10.0 52 21.0 33 32.0 85 24.2
Variable loudness 2 0.8 1 1.0 3 0.9
Column Total* 248 100.0 103 100.0 351 100.0
* Responses to this item were not available from patients prior to May 1986, the date when this loudness rating scale was first added to the questionnaire.
Loudness Rating (Subjective)
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