Table 7.

Multiple linear regression analyses of various factors and SRD thresholds, temporal modulation detection thresholds, SPD scores, and speech recognition thresholds in the TEs of unilateral tinnitus subjects

Psychoacoustic testsFactorsStandardized β Coefficientr2p value
Spectral-ripple thresholdsAge−0.1630.6980.709
PTA−0.9670.055
Pitch0.0860.706
Duration0.1100.602
THI−0.4470.136
VAS0.5320.145
TAS0.1040.633
BDI0.0760.730
TMD thresholdsAge0.5240.8030.159
PTA−0.0430.907
Pitch0.2000.290
Duration−0.2010.251
THI0.4610.066
VAS0.2570.366
TAS−0.1560.383
BDI−0.2640.160
SPD scoresAge−0.9410.8070.021*
PTA−0.0220.951
Pitch−0.0820.652
Duration0.3440.063
THI−0.3670.127
VAS0.1450.600
TAS0.2170.232
BDI0.1410.429
SRTsAge−0.3010.6490.524
PTA0.9120.086
Pitch−0.1060.664
Duration−0.3210.175
THI0.1310.667
VAS0.2420.518
TAS−0.2930.229
BDI−0.1460.540
  • Mean SPD and TMD thresholds averaged across multiple frequencies were used for this analysis.

  • THI, Tinnitus handicap inventory; VAS, visual analogue scale of the loudness; TAS, tinnitus awareness score; BDI, Beck depression inventory.

  • *p < 0.05.