Disentangling Tinnitus Distress and Tinnitus Presence by Means of EEG Power Analysis

Table 1

Demographics and clinical details of the patient group.

Number	Sex	Age	Tinnitus
			Localization	Duration	Quality	TQ	Cause, as reported by the patient
1	Male	28	Right ear	12 y	Noise	4	Exposure to loud music
2	Male	26	Both ears	16 y	Tone	6	Playing drums otitis media (inflammation of the middle ear)
3	Male	28	Both ears	10 y	Tone	14
4	Female	32	Right ear	8 y	Noise	14	Noise trauma, allergies
5	Female	55	Both ears	7 y	Tone	14	?^a
6	Male	58	In the head	38 y	Noise	15	Noise trauma
7	Female	24	Both ears	4 y 6 m	Tone	16	?^a
8	Male	32	Right ear	15 y	Tone	16	Pressure trauma from diving noise trauma, after “power meditation”
9	Male	62	In the head	33 y	Noise	16
10	Female	31	Both ears	10 y	Tone	20	Stress
11	Male	52	In the head	5 y	Tone	20	?^a
12	Female	31	Both ears	4 y 3 m	Tone	21	Stress
13	Male	47	In the head	15 y	Tone	21	Exposure to loud music
14	Female	29	Both ears	2 y 9 m	Tone	23	Hearing loss exposure to loud music, stress, otitis media thyroid dysfunction, and low blood pressure
15	Female	25	Right ear	1 y 1 m	Tone	28
16	Female	41	Both ears	7 y	Noise	28
17	Female	33	Right ear	0 y 2 m	Noise	29	Ménière's disease
18	Male	61	In the head	13 y	Tone	31	Stress, noise trauma
19	Male	31	Both ears	16 y 4 m	Tone	39	Exposure to loud music noise trauma, high blood pressure
20	Male	50	In the head	20 y	Tone	41
21	Female	44	Both ears	1 y 6 m	Tone	47	Stress, SSRI^b
22	Male	46	Left ear	0  y 10 m	Noise	53	SSRI^b
23	Male	41	In the head	20 y	Noise	61	Occurred after road accident
24	Female	47	Both ears	1 y 6 m	Tone	65	Stress, otitis media, and SSRI^b

Note. TQ: total score of the Tinnitus Questionnaire. Tinnitus duration is provided in years (y) and months (m). ^aPatient did not know what caused the tinnitus. ^bSelective serotonin reuptake inhibitor.