Abstract
Tinnitus is a common irritating symptom. Tinnitus functional index (TFI) and measurements of tinnitus match are useful tools for evaluating tinnitus impact. This study aimed at comparing the hearing thresholds to the Quality of life (QoL) of tinnitus patients. But the exact etiology of allergic rhinitis remains unclear, many studies have demonstrated that Toll-Like Receptors (TLRs) play an important role in the pathogenesis of allergic rhinitis. TLRs, known as Pattern Recognition Receptors (PRRs), are the crucial components of the innate immune system and express either on the cell membrane or in the endolysosomal compartments.
Highlights
There was positive correlation between the Tinnitus functional index (TFI) scores and pure tone average (PTAv), tinnitus pitch match and tinnitus loudness match (TLM). Most patients described their experience of tinnitus as a big problem
There was a positive correlation between the pure tone average, TLM and the Quality of life (QoL) measure
This is closely followed by age groups 55- 64 and 45-54 with 17 (17.0%) and 16 (16.0%) subjects respectively
Summary
According to the study done in the USA, 17% of the population experienced tinnitus [10]. The National Institute of Health found tinnitus to be a common symptom that affects approximately 15% of Americans [2,11]. Studies have shown that about one third of the world population will experience tinnitus one time or the other in their lifetime with approximately 1- 5% developing serious psychosocial features [15,16]. Tinnitus can be classified based on its characteristics which includes duration of a single episode (seconds or minutes; intermittent or continuous); longitudinal duration of tinnitus (days, months, years) or according to severity (degree of tinnitus distress, affectation of daily activities) [10,17]. At the second technical meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO) on quantifying disease, longitudinal duration of tinnitus was classified into acute (less than 3 months), sub-acute
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