Clinical Characteristics of Tinnitus:An Analysis of 2 171 Patients / 听力学及言语疾病杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate and characterize tinnitus patients, and provide profiles for further studying tinnitus.Methods This study included 2 171 tinnitus patients seeking treatment between Janurary 2014 and December 2015 from department of head and neck surgery,Sun Yixian Memorial Hospital,Zhongshan University.Tinnitus measurements consisted of pure tone audiometry and tinnitus matching procedures.The characteristics of tinnitus were analyzed by the essential information and auditory checks of the patients.Results Average age was 44.08±15.37 years old.Tinnitus frequently occurred between 41 to 50 years old(491 cases,22.60%).Unilateral tinnitus was more than bilateral tinnitus, while the cranial tinnitus was rare.The patients with mild or moderate tinnitus had the largest population,with higher average hearing threshold at 8 000 Hz in tinnitus ear than non tinnitus ear.The highest frequency of tinnitus matching frequency was high frequency(4~8 kHz).The first three causes for tinnitus were unknown reasons,sudden deafness and middle ear disease.Conclusion Larger population was subjective tinnitus.Tinnitus was closely related with hearing loss.The causes for tinnitus were complex.Tinnitus retraining therapy is a treatment that is worth to be popularized.