Tinnitus Handicap Inventory

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Tinnitus Handicap Inventory

This online tinnitus handicap inventory quiz is useful to help identify the degree of problems that your tinnitus is causing you. You can print out this questionnaire by using the Print Version of the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory and mark your answers next to each question. This can be used to note any progression or regression of your tinnitus symptoms.

After answering ALL of the items click on the button to get your results. A new window will open with the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory Score and Interpretation.

01. Because of your Tinnitus is it difficult for you to concentrate?

02. Does the loudness of your Tinnitus make it difficult for you to hear people?

03. Does your Tinnitus make you angry?

04. Does your Tinnitus make you confused?

05. Because of your Tinnitus are you desperate?

06. Do you complain a great deal about your Tinnitus?

07. Because of your tinnitus do you have trouble falling asleep at night?

08. Do you feel as though you cannot escape from your Tinnitus?

09. Does your Tinnitus interfere with your ability to enjoy social activities (such as going out to dinner, to the cinema)?

10. Because of your Tinnitus do you feel frustrated?

11. Because of your Tinnitus do you feel that you have a terrible disease?

12. Does your Tinnitus make it difficult to enjoy life?

13. Does your Tinnitus interfere with your job or household responsibilities?

14. Because of your Tinnitus do you find that you are often irritable?

15. Because of your Tinnitus is it difficult for you to read?

16. Does your Tinnitus make you upset?

17. Do you feel that your Tinnitus has placed stress on your relationships with members of your family and friends?

18. Do you find it difficult to focus your attention away from your Tinnitus and on to other things?

19. Do you feel that you have no control over your Tinnitus?

20. Because of your Tinnitus do you often feel tired?

21. Because of your Tinnitus do you feel depressed?

22. Does your Tinnitus make you feel anxious?

23. Do you feel you can no longer cope with your Tinnitus?

24. Does your Tinnitus get worse when you are under stress?

25. Does your Tinnitus make you feel insecure?

Reference : McCombe, A., Bagueley, D., Coles, R., McKenna, L., McKinney, C. & Windle-Taylor, P. (2001), Guidelines for the grading of tinnitus severity : the results of a working group commissioned by the British Association of Otolaryngologists, Head and Neck Surgeons, 1999, Clin Otolaryngol 26, 388-393.