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Table 3 Mean responses to questionnaires by 190 patients

From: Long-term reductions in tinnitus severity

  INITIAL FOLLOW-UP p≤
SELF-RATED LOUDNESS OF TINNITUS 7.06 ± 1.76 6.47 ± 1.93 0.0001*
DOES YOUR TINNITUS...    
MAKE YOU FEEL IRRITABLE OR NERVOUS? 3.37 ± 1.02 2.98 ± 1.01 0.0001*
MAKE YOU FEEL TIRED OR STRESSED? 3.39 ± 1.10 3.03 ± 0.99 0.0001*
MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR YOU TO RELAX? 3.42 ± 1.04 3.05 ± 0.99 0.0001*
MAKE IT UNCOMFORTABLE TO BE IN A QUIET ROOM? 3.40 ± 1.20 3.49 ± 1.04 ns
MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO CONCENTRATE? 3.46 ± 0.99 3.06 ± 0.99 0.0001*
MAKE IT HARDER TO INTERACT PLEASANTLY WITH OTHERS? 3.15 ± 1.10 2.77 ± 1.11 0.0001*
INTERFERE WITH REQUIRED ACTIVITIES? 2.95 ± 1.15 2.49 ± 1.13 0.0001*
INTERFERE WITH SOCIAL ACTIVITIES? 3.17 ± 1.13 2.74 ± 1.15 0.0001*
INTERFERE WITH YOUR OVERALL ENJOYMENT OF LIFE? 3.32 ± 1.06 2.79 ± 1.14 0.0001*
INTERFERE WITH SLEEP? 2.11 ± 0.72 1.94 ± 0.74 0.002*
HOW MUCH EFFORT IS IT TO IGNORE TINNITUS? 2.86 ± .87 2.43 ± 0.93 0.0001*
HOW MUCH DISCOMFORT    
DO YOU USUALLY EXPERIENCE WHEN TINNITUS IS PRESENT? 2.98 ± 1.03 2.52 ± 0.94 0.0001*
TOTAL TINNITUS SEVERITY INDEX SCORE 37.58 ± 9.00 33.29 ± 9.60 0.0001*
  1. *statistically significant improvement