Validation of Screening Questions for Hyperacusis in Chronic Tinnitus

Table 2

Association of hyperacusis factors with nonhyperacusis parameters.

	Factor 1 loadings; Quality of daily life	Factor 2 loadings; Fear-pain hyperacusis	Factor 3 loadings; Hearing-related problems
Mean hearing level			r  =  0.253; p  =  0.002
THI	r  =  0.499; p  <  0.001
BDI	r  =  0.426; p  <  0.001
Quality of life: physical health	r  =  −0.361; p  >  0.001
Quality of life: psychological health	r  =  −0.497; p  <  0.001
Quality of life: social relationships	r  =  −0.351; p  <  0.001
Quality of life: environment	r  =  −0.368; p  <  0.001
TQ total score	r  =  0.543; p  <  0.001
TQ emotional subscore	r  =  0.563; p  <  0.001
TQ cognitive subscore	r  =  0.560; p  <  0.001
TQ intrusiveness subscore	r  =  0.366; p  <  0.001
TQ auditory subscore			r  =  0.553; p  <  0.001
TQ sleep subscore	r  =  0.201; p  =  0.011
TQ somatic subscore	r  =  0.264; p  =  0.001
Rating scale loudness			r  =  0.202; p  =  0.010
Rating scale discomfort	r  =  0.180; p  =  0.023
Rating scale annoyance		r  =  0.232; p  =  0.003
Rating scale ignorability		r  =  0.222; p  =  0.005
Rating scale unpleasantness		r  =  0.222; p  =  0.005

Bold font indicates the highest association within each external parameter; please note that quality of life is inversely coded explaining the inverse correlation coefficients.