Comparison of Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss with Tinnitus and Short-Term Tinnitus

Table 2

The comparison of THI, VAS, and RI of SSH.

		THI (SD)	VAS (SD)	RI: completely positive/partially positive/negative
Age	≤44 years	9.53 (2.09)	1.29 (0.21)	9/22/18
	>44 years	11.24 (2.65)	1.54 (0.34)	5/15/17
		0.879	0.893	0.658
Degree of hearing loss	Mild	19.74 (4.89)	2.58 (0.52)	6/11/2
	Moderate	10.75 (2.19)	1.63 (0.33)	2/16/6
	Moderate to severe	10.95 (3.59)	1.30 (0.33)	5/6/9
	Severe	1.35 (0.95)	0.26 (0.16)	1/4/18
		<0.01	<0.01	0.003
Tinnitus course	≤1 W	7.17 (2.57)	1.09 (0.27)	6/11/18
	>1 W	12.39 (2.10)	1.61 (0.26)	8/26/17
		0.041	0.135	0.170

SD: standard deviation; SSH: sudden sensorineural hearing loss group; THI: the difference of THI before and after RI; VAS: the difference of VAS before and after RI; RI: residual inhibition.