title: [Clinical study of 300 patients with subjective tinnitus from collegian].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the clinical and psychoacoustic characteristics of tinnitus patients from university students.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study included 300 tinnitus patients. All patients were interviewed by the same investigator and using the same questionnaire. Data were collected and analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Hearing loss was seen in 54.3% of the patients. There was no correlation between tinnitus severity and tinnitus loudness (P > 0.05). There was a significant relationship between high-pitched tinnitus and high-frequency SNHL (P < 0.01). In 86.0% of these patients, tinnitus had produced an adverse effect on their psychology and daily life.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is a significant relationship between high-pitched tinnitus and high-frequency SNHL. Tinnitus has an impact on the life of patients from the university students.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Henan, Zhengzhou 450002, China. sunmaiqing@sina.com
authors.forename: Maiqing
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Fanglei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ding
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult