Understand Your Tinnitus

Complete the THI and TFI questionnaires to reflect on how tinnitus affects your daily life, emotions, concentration, sleep, and overall well-being. Useful for self-assessment, audiologists and medical professionals.

Important Notice

This questionnaire is intended for informational and assessment purposes only. It does not provide a medical diagnosis and does not replace professional evaluation, advice, or treatment from a qualified healthcare professional.

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Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI)

The purpose of this questionnaire is to identify, quantify, and evaluate the difficulties that you may be experiencing because of tinnitus. Please do not skip any questions.

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1Because of your tinnitus, is it difficult for you to concentrate?
Yes4 Sometimes2 No0
2Does the loudness of your tinnitus make it difficult for you to hear people?
Yes4 Sometimes2 No0
3Does your tinnitus make you angry?
Yes4 Sometimes2 No0
4Does your tinnitus make you feel confused?
Yes4 Sometimes2 No0
5Because of your tinnitus, do you feel desperate?
Yes4 Sometimes2 No0
6Do you complain a great deal about your tinnitus?
Yes4 Sometimes2 No0
7Because of your tinnitus, do you have trouble falling to sleep at night?
Yes4 Sometimes2 No0
8Do you feel as though you cannot escape your tinnitus?
Yes4 Sometimes2 No0
9Does your tinnitus interfere with your ability to enjoy your social activities (such as going out to dinner, to the movies)?
Yes4 Sometimes2 No0
10Because of your tinnitus, do you feel frustrated?
Yes4 Sometimes2 No0
11Because of your tinnitus, do you feel that you have a terrible disease?
Yes4 Sometimes2 No0
12Does your tinnitus make it difficult for you to enjoy life?
Yes4 Sometimes2 No0
13Does your tinnitus interfere with your job or household responsibilities?
Yes4 Sometimes2 No0
14Because of your tinnitus, do you find that you are often irritable?
Yes4 Sometimes2 No0
15Because of your tinnitus, is it difficult for you to read?
Yes4 Sometimes2 No0
16Does your tinnitus make you upset?
Yes4 Sometimes2 No0
17Do you feel that your tinnitus problem has placed stress on your relationships with members of your family and friends?
Yes4 Sometimes2 No0
18Do you find it difficult to focus your attention away from your tinnitus and on other things?
Yes4 Sometimes2 No0
19Do you feel that you have no control over your tinnitus?
Yes4 Sometimes2 No0
20Because of your tinnitus, do you often feel tired?
Yes4 Sometimes2 No0
21Because of your tinnitus, do you feel depressed?
Yes4 Sometimes2 No0
22Does your tinnitus make you feel anxious?
Yes4 Sometimes2 No0
23Do you feel that you can no longer cope with your tinnitus?
Yes4 Sometimes2 No0
24Does your tinnitus get worse when you are under stress?
Yes4 Sometimes2 No0
25Does your tinnitus make you feel insecure?
Yes4 Sometimes2 No0

Tinnitus Functional Index (TFI)

Please read each question below carefully. To answer a question, select ONE of the numbers that is listed for that question.

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1What percentage of your time awake were you consciously AWARE OF your tinnitus?
Never awareAlways aware

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
2How STRONG or LOUD was your tinnitus?
Not at all strong or loudExtremely strong or loud

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
3What percentage of your time awake were you ANNOYED by your tinnitus?
None of the timeAll of the time

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
4Did you feel IN CONTROL in regard to your tinnitus?
Very much in controlNever in control

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
5How easy was it for you to COPE with your tinnitus?
Very easy to copeImpossible to cope

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
6How easy was it for you to IGNORE your tinnitus?
Very easy to ignoreImpossible to ignore

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Over the PAST WEEK, how much did your tinnitus interfere with… 7Your ability to CONCENTRATE?
Did not interfereCompletely interfered

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Over the PAST WEEK, how much did your tinnitus interfere with… 8Your ability to THINK CLEARLY?
Did not interfereCompletely interfered

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Over the PAST WEEK, how much did your tinnitus interfere with… 9Your ability to FOCUS ATTENTION on other things besides your tinnitus?
Did not interfereCompletely interfered

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
10How often did your tinnitus make it difficult to FALL ASLEEP or STAY ASLEEP?
Never had difficultyAlways had difficulty

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11How often did your tinnitus cause you difficulty in getting AS MUCH SLEEP as you needed?
Never had difficultyAlways had difficulty

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
12How much of the time did your tinnitus keep you from SLEEPING as DEEPLY or as PEACEFULLY as you would have liked?
None of the timeAll of the time

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Over the PAST WEEK, how much has your tinnitus interfered with… 13Your ability to HEAR CLEARLY?
Did not interfereCompletely interfered

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Over the PAST WEEK, how much has your tinnitus interfered with… 14Your ability to UNDERSTAND PEOPLE who are talking?
Did not interfereCompletely interfered

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Over the PAST WEEK, how much has your tinnitus interfered with… 15Your ability to FOLLOW CONVERSATIONS in a group or at meetings?
Did not interfereCompletely interfered

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Over the PAST WEEK, how much has your tinnitus interfered with… 16Your QUIET RESTING ACTIVITIES?
Did not interfereCompletely interfered

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Over the PAST WEEK, how much has your tinnitus interfered with… 17Your ability to RELAX?
Did not interfereCompletely interfered

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Over the PAST WEEK, how much has your tinnitus interfered with… 18Your ability to enjoy “PEACE AND QUIET”?
Did not interfereCompletely interfered

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Over the PAST WEEK, how much has your tinnitus interfered with… 19Your enjoyment of SOCIAL ACTIVITIES?
Did not interfereCompletely interfered

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Over the PAST WEEK, how much has your tinnitus interfered with… 20Your ENJOYMENT OF LIFE?
Did not interfereCompletely interfered

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Over the PAST WEEK, how much has your tinnitus interfered with… 21Your RELATIONSHIPS with family, friends and other people?
Did not interfereCompletely interfered

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
22How often did your tinnitus cause you to have difficulty performing your WORK OR OTHER TASKS, such as home maintenance, school work, or caring for children or others?
Never had difficultyAlways had difficulty

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
23How ANXIOUS or WORRIED has your tinnitus made you feel?
Not at all anxious or worriedExtremely anxious or worried

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
24How BOTHERED or UPSET have you been because of your tinnitus?
Not at all bothered or upsetExtremely bothered or upset

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
25How DEPRESSED were you because of your tinnitus?
Not at all depressedExtremely depressed

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

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