Psychological Profile and Social Behaviors of Patients with Hyperacusis
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Material and Methods
2.1. Audiological Evaluation
2.2. Psychometric Questionnaires
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
Total Sample | Hyperacusis Cases | Controls | Independent t-Test | ||||||
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Mean | S.D. | Mean | S.D. | Mean | S.D. | t | df | p | |
Hearing Threshold (dB) | |||||||||
500 Hz right | 14.03 | 6.79 | 14.43 | 7.84 | 13.65 | 5.73 | −0.48 | 70 | 0.63 |
1000 Hz right | 13.06 | 6.53 | 12.29 | 6.49 | 13.78 | 6.49 | 0.97 | 69 | 0.33 |
2000 Hz right | 15.76 | 8.62 | 14 | 7.35 | 17.43 | 9.74 | 1.71 | 70 | 0.09 |
4000 Hz right | 22.99 | 11.65 | 10.57 | 10.11 | 25.27 | 12.01 | 1.72 | 70 | 0.09 |
8000 Hz right | 29.65 | 19.63 | 25.29 | 17.69 | 33.78 | 20.69 | 1.87 | 70 | 0.07 |
500 Hz right | 19.79 | 17.06 | 22.94 | 20.60 | 16.89 | 12.6 | −1.47 | 69 | 0.14 |
1000 Hz left | 17.51 | 17.07 | 20.59 | 18.82 | 16.88 | 15.33 | −0.91 | 69 | 0.37 |
2000 Hz left | 22.96 | 19.35 | 24.71 | 23.96 | 21.35 | 14.02 | −0.72 | 69 | 0.47 |
4000 Hz left | 31.83 | 21.81 | 32.65 | 25.82 | 31.08 | 17.68 | −0.29 | 69 | 0.76 |
8000 Hz left | 36.30 | 25.18 | 31.09 | 40.81 | 40.81 | 25.83 | 1.62 | 67 | 0.11 |
PTA right | 16.46 | 6.45 | 15.32 | 6.13 | 17.53 | 6.64 | 1.46 | 70 | 0.15 |
PTA left | 23.31 | 17.66 | 25.22 | 21.53 | 21.55 | 13.21 | −0.87 | 69 | 0.39 |
Hyperacusis Cases | Controls | Independent t-Test | |||||
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Frequencies (Hertz) | Mean | S.D. | Mean | S.D. | t | df | p |
Right ear | |||||||
500 Hz | 82.3 | 4.7 | 94.2 | 10.2 | 6.2 | 71 | <0.0001 ** |
1000 Hz | 84.1 | 3.3 | 93.5 | 9.9 | 5.6 | 72 | <0.0001 ** |
2000 Hz | 85.1 | 3.2 | 92.7 | 7.7 | 5.7 | 70 | <0.0001 ** |
4000 Hz | 84.7 | 4.5 | 93.6 | 6.6 | 6.91 | 71 | <0.0001 ** |
Left ear | |||||||
500 Hz | 84.1 | 4.8 | 94.4 | 9.6 | 6.31 | 72 | <0.0001 ** |
1000 Hz | 84.2 | 5.5 | 96.5 | 7.6 | 6.94 | 72 | <0.0001 ** |
2000 Hz | 83.7 | 5 | 96.3 | 7 | 6.83 | 71 | <0.0001 ** |
4000 Hz | 84.1 | 4.9 | 97.8 | 8.4 | 7.72 | 72 | <0.0001 ** |
Hyperacusis cases | Controls | Independent t-Test | |||||
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Frequencies (Hertz) | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | t | df | p |
Right ear | |||||||
500 Hz | 86.6 | ±6.1 | 86.6 | ±6.0 | −0.62 | 71 | 0.536 |
1000Hz | 89.4 | ±5.7 | 88.9 | ±6.7 | −0.31 | 70 | 0.756 |
2000 Hz | 89.1 | ±5.3 | 87.4 | ±7.8 | −1.13 | 72 | 0.263 |
4000 Hz | 92.3 | ±8.1 | 90.3 | ±7.6 | −1.17 | 71 | 0.244 |
Left ear | |||||||
500 Hz | 87.3 | ±5.6 | 87.9 | ±5.5 | −0.73 | 70 | 0.469 |
1000 Hz | 91.0 | ±6.6 | 87.9 | ±5.8 | −1.78 | 71 | 0.081 |
2000 Hz | 90.8 | ±5.8 | 88.2 | ±7.7 | −1.39 | 72 | 0.168 |
4000 Hz | 92.6 | ±8.4 | 89.2 | ±8.2 | −1.58 | 72 | 0.118 |
4. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Hyperacusis Cases | Controls | Independent t-Test | |||||
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Mean | S.D. | Mean | S.D. | t | df | p | |
HQ total score | 24.2 | 7.2 | 5.51 | 4.3 | −13.5 | 72 | <0.0001 ** |
Attentional subscale | 6.69 | 2.3 | 1.95 | 1.8 | −9.8 | 72 | <0.0001 ** |
Social subscale | 9.49 | 3.4 | 1.76 | 1.7 | −12.4 | 72 | <0.0001 ** |
Emotional subscale | 7.97 | 2.4 | 1.81 | 1.7 | −12.8 | 72 | <0.0001 ** |
MSPQ | 15.03 | 10.5 | 6.35 | 6.4 | −4.2 | 72 | <0.0001 ** |
Somatization | 0.97 | 0.8 | 0.44 | 0.7 | −2.9 | 72 | 0.005 * |
Obsession-compulsion | 1.20 | 1.0 | 0.38 | 0.6 | −4.0 | 72 | <0.0001 ** |
Interpersonal sensitivity | 0.74 | 1.1 | 0.24 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 72 | 0.018 * |
Depression | 0.86 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.6 | −3.0 | 72 | 0.003 ** |
Anxiety | 1.06 | 1 | 0.38 | 0.8 | −3.1 | 72 | 0.002 ** |
Hostility | 0.54 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.6 | −1.8 | 72 | 0.082 |
Phobic anxiety | 0.45 | 0.8 | 0.16 | 0.5 | −1.8 | 72 | 0.076 |
Paranoid ideation | 0.74 | 0.9 | 0.38 | 0.7 | −2.0 | 72 | 0.052 |
Psychoticism | 0.49 | 0.9 | 0.16 | 0.5 | −1.9 | 72 | 0.059 |
Global Severity Index | 0.83 | 0.7 | 0.22 | 0.5 | −4.1 | 72 | >0.0001 ** |
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Sacchetto, L.; Apa, E.; Ciorba, A.; Palma, S.; Caragli, V.; Gherpelli, C.; Monzani, D.; Genovese, E.; Nocini, R. Psychological Profile and Social Behaviors of Patients with Hyperacusis. J. Clin. Med. 2022, 11, 7317. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11247317
Sacchetto L, Apa E, Ciorba A, Palma S, Caragli V, Gherpelli C, Monzani D, Genovese E, Nocini R. Psychological Profile and Social Behaviors of Patients with Hyperacusis. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2022; 11(24):7317. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11247317
Chicago/Turabian StyleSacchetto, Luca, Enrico Apa, Andrea Ciorba, Silvia Palma, Valeria Caragli, Chiara Gherpelli, Daniele Monzani, Elisabetta Genovese, and Riccardo Nocini. 2022. "Psychological Profile and Social Behaviors of Patients with Hyperacusis" Journal of Clinical Medicine 11, no. 24: 7317. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11247317
APA StyleSacchetto, L., Apa, E., Ciorba, A., Palma, S., Caragli, V., Gherpelli, C., Monzani, D., Genovese, E., & Nocini, R. (2022). Psychological Profile and Social Behaviors of Patients with Hyperacusis. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 11(24), 7317. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11247317