Validation of a Korean Version of the Tinnitus Handicap Questionnaire
Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology
;
: 198-201, 2015.
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| ID: wpr-223319
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
The goal of the present study was to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Korean version of the tinnitus handicap questionnaire (THQ-K).METHODS:
A total of 60 patients were included in this study. Patients responded to the THQ-K, the tinnitus handicap inventory (THI), Beck's depression index (BDI), and the visual analogue scale (VAS) for loudness and pitch, loudness match, and minimum masking level (MML) test were performed.RESULTS:
Internal consistency of the THQ-K was examined using Cronbach coefficient alpha. Cronbach alpha was 0.96. The THQ-K showed a significant correlation with THI, BDI, VAS for distress, and VAS for loudness, but no significant correlation with psychoacoustic measurement of tinnitus, such as loudness match, pitch match, and MML.CONCLUSION:
The THQ-K is a reliable and valid test for evaluating the degree of handicap due to tinnitus for both research and clinical use.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Psychoacoustics
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Tinnitus
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Reproducibility of Results
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Depression
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Masks
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology
Year:
2015
Type:
Article
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