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

Overall Sample Number: 1630

Number of patients responding to this item: 1625
Format of the Questionnaire Item: View Items In Context? 1, 2     View Coding In Context? 1, 2 

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
N %
Patients with only ONE predominant sound reported 763 47.0
Patients with MORE THAN ONE predominant sound reported 862 53.0
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 PREDOMINANT SOUND REPORTED
N % of 1625
Ringing 398 24.5
Hissing 70 4.3
Sizzling 6 0.4
Pulsating 6 0.4
Clear tone 71 4.4
Buzzing 23 1.4
Transformer noise 8 0.5
Pounding -- --
More than one tone 4 0.2
Hum 15 0.9
High tension wire 33 2.0
Ocean roar 28 1.7
Whistle 17 1.0
Music 1 0.1
Crickets, insects 20 1.2
Clicking 1 0.1
Other 62 3.8
Total 763 47.0

III. PATIENTS WITH MORE THAN ONE PREDOMINANT SOUND REPORTED
N % of 1625
Ringing 527 32.4
Hissing 247 15.2
Sizzling 117 7.2
Pulsating 91 5.6
Clear tone 210 12.9
Buzzing 172 10.6
Transformer noise 108 6.6
Pounding 18 1.1
More than one tone 146 9.0
Hum 82 5.0
High tension wire 198 12.2
Ocean roar 50 3.1
Whistle 80 4.9
Music 5 0.3
Crickets, insects 81 5.0
Clicking 7 0.4
Other 145 8.9
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% --- ---

IV. ALL PATIENTS REGARDLESS OF NUMBER OF PREDOMINANT SOUNDS REPORTED
N % of 1625
Ringing 925 56.9
Hissing 317 19.5
Sizzling 123 7.6
Pulsating 97 6.0
Clear tone 281 17.3
Buzzing 195 12.0
Transformer noise 116 7.1
Pounding 18 1.1
More than one tone 150 9.2
Hum 97 6.0
High tension wire 231 14.2
Ocean roar 78 4.8
Whistle 97 6.0
Music 6 0.4
Crickets, insects 101 6.2
Clicking 8 0.5
Other 207 12.7
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% --- ---

Predominant Tinnitus Sound(s) [Histogram]: Predominant Tinnitus Sound(s) Histogram Picture.

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