Tinnitus Archive: Loudness Fluctuations: Magnitude

TINNITUS ARCHIVE > DATA SETS > DATA SET 2 > TINNITUS ATTRIBUTES > LOUDNESS FLUCTUATIONS: MAGNITUDE

Data Set 2: Gender Based Differences in Tinnitus

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Overall Sample Number: 873

Number of patients responding to this item: 868

Format of the Questionnaire Item:

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DOES THE LOUDNESS OF YOUR TINNITUS TEND TO FLUCTUATE UP AND DOWN?
  [] NO       [] YES
            +-------------------------------------------------------------+
 IF YES:--> | INDICATE SIZE OF FLUCTUATIONS:   [] BARELY NOTICEABLE       |
            |                                  [] MODERATE                |
            |                                  [] VERY MARKED             |
            |                                  [] VARIABLE IN SIZE        |
            | HOW OFTEN DO FLUCTUATIONS OCCUR?                            |
            |   [] DAILY                  [] SEVERAL PER WEEK             |
            |   [] SEVERAL PER MONTH      [] RARELY                       |
            +-------------------------------------------------------------+

LOUDNESS FLUCTUATIONS: MAGNITUDE

Males Females All

N Column % N Column % N Column %

No fluctuations in loudness 147 23.5 69 28.5 216 24.9

Barely noticeable fluctuations 28 4.5 13 5.4 41 4.7

Moderate fluctuations 147 23.5 44 18.2 191 22.0

Very marked fluctuations 145 23.2 50 20.7 195 22.5

Fluctuations vary in size 121 19.3 47 19.4 168 19.4

Loudness fluctuates, but no information on size 24 3.8 16 6.6 40 4.6

Other answer 14 2.2 3 1.2 17 2.0

Column Total 626 100.0 242 100.0 868 100.0

	Males	Females		All
	N	Column %	N	Column %	N	Column %
No fluctuations in loudness	147	23.5	69	28.5	216	24.9
Barely noticeable fluctuations	28	4.5	13	5.4	41	4.7
Moderate fluctuations	147	23.5	44	18.2	191	22.0
Very marked fluctuations	145	23.2	50	20.7	195	22.5
Fluctuations vary in size	121	19.3	47	19.4	168	19.4
Loudness fluctuates, but no information on size	24	3.8	16	6.6	40	4.6
Other answer	14	2.2	3	1.2	17	2.0

Column Total	626	100.0	242	100.0	868	100.0

Loudness fluctuations: magnitude [Histogram]: Loudness fluctuations: magnitude Histogram Picture.

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