Validation of a Korean Version of the Tinnitus Handicap Questionnaire
Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology
; : 198-201, 2015.
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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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Psychoacoustique
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Acouphène
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Reproductibilité des résultats
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Dépression
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Masques
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Humans
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En
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Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology
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2015
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Article