Structural Brain Changes Following Left Temporal Low-Frequency rTMS in Patients with Subjective Tinnitus
Table 1
Demographical data and clinical characteristics for both independent subgroups.
VBM data at baseline, day 12, and day 90 ()
VBM data at baseline and day 12 ()
Group comparison
value
Gender
32 m (78%) 9 f (22%)
27 m (75%) 9 f (25%)
(1.77) = 0.10
0.752
Age (years)
(75) = −0.02
0.983
Tinnitus laterality
10% right 15% left 75% bilateral
14% right 14% left 72% bilateral
(2.77) = 0.32
0.853
Tinnitus duration (years)
(75) = 0.80
0.427
TQ (baseline)
(75) = −0.72
0.476
Loudness (baseline)
(75) = 0.67
0.441
Mean hearing threshold [dB HL]
()
()
(55) = 0.81
0.421
Hyperacusis
51% ()
68% ()
(2.61) = 2.31
0.316
TQ: Tinnitus Questionnaire. Loudness: how STRONG or LOUD is tinnitus at present (0 not at all, 10 extremely strong or loud). Mean hearing threshold: average of all thresholds measured bilaterally ranging from 125 Hz to 8 kHz).