Tinnitus assessment by means of standardized self-report questionnaires: Psychometric properties of the Tinnitus Questionnaire (TQ), the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI), and their short versions in an international and multi-lingual sample

Table 8 Correlations between TBF12 and corresponding THI questions at baseline

THI/TBF12	Q1/Q1	Q2/Q2	Q3/Q3	Q8/Q4	Q9/Q5	Q10/Q6	Q13/Q7	Q15/Q8	Q17/Q9	Q18/Q10	Q22/Q11	Q23/Q12	Total
Total (n=667)	0.67	0.72	0.47	0.49	0.76	0.64	0.72	0.76	0.75	0.55	0.68	0.50	0.85
German (n=521)	0.67	0.76	0.50	0.53	0.74	0.67	0.72	0.77	0.76	0.60	0.74	0.55	0.88
Dutch (n=34)	0.74	0.83	0.64	0.62	0.70	0.73	0.67	0.77	0.81	0.55	0.61	0.51	0.70
Portuguese (n=79)	0.57	0.51	0.53	0.43	0.74	0.58	0.67	0.70	0.69	0.38	0.29	0.27	0.81
Spanish (n=33)	0.76	0.66	0.44	0.14 (n.s.)	0.67	0.47	0.64	0.63	0.57	0.52	0.83	0.51	0.78

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