Validation of a Korean Version of the Tinnitus Handicap Questionnaire

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.

MALT Lymphoma in Both Parotid Glands of a Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus / 대한이비인후과학회지

Malignant lymphoma of salivary gland is rare and takes 2-5% of all neoplasm of salivary glands. Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma is known as a unique subtype of Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Since MALT lymphoma tends to be an indolent and localized disease, complete surgical resection is able to be performed as a single treatment. In this article, we present a case of MALT lymphoma in both parotid glands of the patient with systemic lupus erythematosus, who underwent both superficial parotidectomy