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Predominant Tinnitus Sound(s)

Data Set 2: Gender Based Differences in Tinnitus

Overall Sample Number: 873

Number of patients responding to this item: 869

Format of the Questionnaire Item:

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IN THE LIST BELOW, PLEASE CHECK SOUND(S) THAT MOST CLOSELY RESEMBLE YOUR
TINNITUS:
    [] RINGING              [] HISSING   [] SIZZLING            [] PULSATING
    [] CLEAR TONE           [] BUZZING   [] TRANSFORMER NOISE   [] POUNDING
    [] MORE THAN ONE TONE   [] HUM       [] HIGH TENSION WIRE   [] OCEAN ROAR
    [] WHISTLE              [] MUSIC     [] CRICKETS, INSECTS   [] CLICKING
    [] OTHER: _________________________________________________________________
                                      DESCRIBE

IF YOU HEAR MORE THAN ONE SOUND, WHICH SOUND IS PREDOMINANT OR MOST 
BOTHERSOME? _______________________________________________________________

I. NUMBER OF PREDOMINANT SOUNDS REPORTED

	Males		Females		All
	N	%	N	%	N	%
Patients with only ONE predominant sound reported	299	47.5	112	46.7	411	47.3
Patients with MORE THAN ONE predominant sound reported	330	52.5	128	53.3	458	52.7

Column Total	629	100.0	240	100.0	869	100.0

The column totals from Table I are used as the denominators for calculating percentages in the following tables.

II. PATIENTS WITH ONLY ONE PREDOMINANT SOUND REPORTED

	Males		Females		All
	N	% of 629	N	% of 240	N	% of 869
Ringing	163	25.9	55	22.9	218	25.1
Hissing	26	4.1	8	3.3	34	3.9
Sizzling	3	0.5	--	--	3	0.3
Pulsating	1	0.2	1	0.4	2	0.2
Clear tone	33	5.2	5	2.1	38	4.4
Buzzing	7	1.1	4	1.7	11	1.3
Transformer noise	2	0.3	1	0.4	3	0.3
Pounding	--	--	--	--	--	--
More than one tone	1	0.2	1	0.4	2	0.2
Hum	5	0.8	3	1.3	8	0.9
High tension wire	17	2.7	5	2.1	22	2.5
Ocean roar	5	0.8	9	3.8	14	1.6
Whistle	4	0.6	2	0.8	6	0.7
Music	--	--	1	0.4	1	0.1
Crickets, insects	6	1.0	3	1.3	9	1.0
Clicking	--	--	--	--	--	--
Other	26	4.1	14	5.8	40	4.6

Column Total	299	47.5	112	46.7	411	47.3

III. PATIENTS WITH MORE THAN ONE PREDOMINANT SOUND REPORTED

	Males		Females		All
	N	% of 629	N	% of 240	N	% of 869
Ringing	208	33.1	65	27.1	273	31.4
Hissing	85	13.5	35	14.6	120	13.8
Sizzling	45	7.2	21	8.8	66	7.6
Pulsating	37	5.9	21	8.8	58	6.7
Clear tone	92	14.6	19	7.9	111	12.8
Buzzing	48	7.6	36	15.0	84	9.7
Transformer noise	46	7.3	16	6.7	62	7.1
Pounding	3	0.5	7	2.9	10	1.2
More than one tone	53	8.4	16	6.7	69	7.9
Hum	31	4.9	12	5.0	43	4.9
High tension wire	78	12.4	25	10.4	103	11.9
Ocean roar	17	2.7	13	5.4	30	3.5
Whistle	44	7.0	3	1.3	47	5.4
Music	--	--	--	--	--	--
Crickets, insects	32	5.1	10	4.2	42	4.8
Clicking	2	0.3	3	1.3	5	0.6
Other	49	7.8	28	11.7	77	8.9

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IV. ALL PATIENTS REGARDLESS OF NUMBER OF PREDOMINANT SOUNDS REPORTED

	Males		Females		All
	N	% of 629	N	% of 240	N	% of 869
Ringing	371	59.0	120	50.0	491	56.5
Hissing	111	17.6	43	17.9	154	17.7
Sizzling	48	7.6	21	8.8	69	7.9
Pulsating	38	6.0	22	9.2	60	6.9
Clear tone	125	19.9	24	10.0	149	17.1
Buzzing	55	8.7	40	16.7	95	10.9
Transformer noise	48	7.6	17	7.1	65	7.5
Pounding	3	0.5	7	2.9	10	1.2
More than one tone	54	8.6	17	7.1	71	8.2
Hum	36	5.7	15	6.3	51	5.9
High tension wire	95	15.1	30	12.5	125	14.4
Ocean roar	22	3.5	22	9.2	44	5.1
Whistle	48	7.6	5	2.1	53	6.1
Music	--	--	1	0.4	1	0.1
Crickets, insects	38	6.0	13	5.4	51	5.9
Clicking	2	0.3	3	1.3	5	0.6
Other	75	11.9	42	17.5	117	13.5

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