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<Articles JournalTitle="Auditory and Vestibular Research">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Auditory and Vestibular Research</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>2423-480X</Issn>
      <Volume>29</Volume>
      <Issue>3</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2020</Year>
        <Month>05</Month>
        <Day>20</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">The relathinship between tinnitus functional index and tinnitus handicap inventory scores in patients with chronic tinnitus</title>
    <FirstPage>140</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>146</LastPage>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Masoumeh</FirstName>
        <LastName>Dehghan</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Audiology, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Farzaneh</FirstName>
        <LastName>Fatahi</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Audiology, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Nematollah</FirstName>
        <LastName>Rouhbakhsh</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Audiology, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Mohammad Ebrahim</FirstName>
        <LastName>Mahdavi</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Audiology, School of Rehabilitation, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Farzaneh</FirstName>
        <LastName>Zamiri Abdollahi</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Audiology, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Shohreh</FirstName>
        <LastName>Jalaie</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2019</Year>
        <Month>12</Month>
        <Day>26</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2020</Year>
        <Month>01</Month>
        <Day>12</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Background and Aim: Tinnitus can affect daily life. The evaluation of the affected aspects of life quality is highly dependent on the subjects&#x2019;perception. Self-report questionnaires have been used to identify these affected aspects. In the present study, the relationship between the Persian versions of tinnitus functional index (TFI-P) and tinnitus handicap inventory (THI-P) was investigated.
 Methods: This is a comparative cross-sectional study conducted on 28 hearing-impaired and 27 normal hearing subjects with tinnitus in aged 18&#x2212;60 years selected according to the inclusion criteria. Both groups completed the TFI-P and THI-P.
 Results: There was a significant and relatively strong relationship between the total scores of THI-P and TFI-P (r = 0.65) and also between the emotional subscale of TFI-P and the catastrophic subscale of THI-P (r = 0.73). Moreover, there was a moderate relationship between age factor and total score of TFI-P (r = &#x2212;0.32), and between the cognitive subscale of TFI-P and age (r = 0.40). However, no significant difference was found between hearing-impaired and normal hearing subjects in terms of the total score and subscale scores of TFI-P. Furthermore, we found a significant difference between female and male subjects in terms of the relaxation subscale of TFI-P, and between dura&#xAD;tion of tinnitus and the quality of life subscale (r = 0.33).
 Conclusion: The scores of the THI-P and TFI-P questionnaires are related to each other and they can be used for measuring the negative effects of tinnitus.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://avr.tums.ac.ir/index.php/avr/article/view/823</web_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
