title: [Disability evaluation in patients with tinnitus].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Tinnitus handicap evaluation through Spanish validation of the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory.
  
  
  METHODS
  Spanish validation of the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighty patients referred to our Tinnitus Unit in University Hospital, between September and December, 1999.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Spanish version of the THI was administered after translation and retrotranslation. Internal consistency and reliability were established.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Spanish adaptation of the THI and its subscales (functional, emotional and catastrophic) showed a high reliability and internal consistency (Cronbach's alfa: 0.90).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Spanish adaptation of the THI is valid, reliable and can be used in a clinical setting to quantify the impact of tinnitus on patient's quality of life.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Otorrinolaringología, Fundación Hospital Alcorcón, Budapest, 1, Alcorcon 28922, Madrid. cherraizp@seorl.org
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Herráiz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hernández Calvín
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Plaza
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Tapia
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: de los Santos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014012:Tinnitus