Tinnitus severity is measured through distinct handicap, distress, and coping inventories

Evidence

The tinnitus patients also filled out Dutch translations of questionnaires related to their tinnitus, including the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI) measuring tinnitus severity in daily life (Newman et al. 1996 ), the Tinnitus Reaction Questionnaire (TRQ) that assesses the psychological distress associated with tinnitus (Wilson et al. 1991 ), and the Tinnitus Coping Style Questionnaire (TCSQ) that quantifies effective as well as maladaptive coping strategies (Budd and Pugh 1996 ). — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 2709

Categorization

• DEFINE: Useful if reader needs to distinguish THI/TRQ/TCSQ constructs in future hearing research.