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Analytical Review of Tinnitus Questionnaires: Characteristics and Understanding

For decades, tinnitus questionnaires have used as an effective tool to evaluate the degree of tinnitus relief or a patient’s subjective perception of tinnitus. The purpose of this study was to review four tinnitus questionnaires that have primarily been used in clinics. The Tinnitus Handicap Questionnaire (THQ), Tinnitus Handicap Index (THI), Tinnitus Functional Index (TFI), and Tinnitus Primary Functional Questionnaire (TPFQ) were reviewed for development background, purpose of development, developmental process, questionnaire characteristics, reliability test results, and pros and cons of each questionnaire. Each tinnitus questionnaire has their own characteristics in terms of evaluations and interpretations. Especially, the THQ is focused on social, emotional, and physical impacts and the THI is focused on catastrophic loss of life, functional, and emotional factors. The TFI is mainly focused on quality of life, cognitive, and emotional factors. The TPFQ is focused on hearing, sleep, concentration, and emotional factors. The current study provides detailed information about four questionnaires. If each questionnaire is correctly identified and applied, effective measures of tinnitus and the degree of tinnitus relief through rehabilitation can be efficiently measured.