Neural Plasticity of Mild Tinnitus: An fMRI Investigation Comparing Those Recently Diagnosed with Tinnitus to Those That Had Tinnitus for a Long Period of Time

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics for both groups. THI: tinnitus handicap inventory; BAI: Beck anxiety inventory; BDI-II: Beck depression inventory. Age, THI, BAI, and BDI-II scores were compared using independent sample -tests. indicates significant difference between groups at .

Group	RTIN; (recent tinnitus)	LTIN; (long-term tinnitus)
Group size	12	13
Age (M ± SD)	48.1 ± 10.3; 32–65	54.7 ± 7.0; 42–64
Gender	5 male, 7 female	9 male, 4 female
Handedness	11 right, 1 left	12 right, 1 left
BAI (M ± SD)	3.7 ± 3.6; 0–13	1.7 ± 1.6; 0–3
BDI-II (M ± SD)	4.3 ± 3.9; 0–11	1.3 ± 1.9; 0–6
THI (M ± SD)	15.7 ± 10.2; 2–34	8.3 ± 6.8; 0–18