Hyperacusis Questionnaire as a Tool for Measuring Hypersensitivity to Sound in a Tinnitus Research Population

Table 2

Standardised factor loadings (standard error), -squared values, and factor correlations for the three-factor model and one-factor model of the Hyperacusis Questionnaire.

	Three-factor model			One-factor model
	Items
HQ1	0.30 (0.07)			0.09	0.23 (0.10)	0.05
HQ2	0.74 (0.04)			0.54	0.73 (0.05)	0.54
HQ3	0.78 (0.03)			0.60	0.73 (0.05)	0.53
HQ4	0.94 (0.02)			0.87	0.85 (0.03)	0.72
HQ5		0.57 (0.05)		0.32	0.55 (0.07)	0.31
HQ6		0.57 (0.06)		0.32	0.65 (0.06)	0.42
HQ7		0.75 (0.05)		0.57	0.77 (0.05)	0.59
HQ8		0.73 (0.04)		0.51	0.65 (0.05)	0.43
HQ9		0.83 (0.03)		0.69	0.80 (0.04)	0.64
HQ10		0.84 (0.04)		0.70	0.80 (0.05)	0.64
HQ11			0.50 (0.05)	0.33	0.52 (0.07)	0.27
HQ12			0.82 (0.03)	0.73	0.81 (0.04)	0.66
HQ13			0.72 (0.05)	0.60	0.66 (0.06)	0.43
HQ14			0.84 (0.03)	0.66	0.76 (0.04)	0.57
Construct
Hypersensitivity to sound	0.88 (0.03)	0.86 (0.03)	0.87 (0.03)	—	—	—
	0.77	0.75	0.75	—	—	—
Factor correlations
	1			—	—	—
	0.75 (0.04)	1		—	—	—
	0.77 (0.03)	0.75 (0.04)	1	—	—	—

The factor loadings (standard errors) and squared factor loadings (-squared) for the 14 items and the first-order factors (three-factor model only). The values presented in bold have poor associations with their designated factor, all below the recommended cutoff < 0.40. The correlations between the first-order factors were all strong. = -squared. = Cronbach’s alpha. HQ = Hyperacusis Questionnaire; = attentional; = social; = emotional.