Thursday 9 June 2016



We want to provide you with a link to the Tinnitus Handicap Index, it is a guide for measuring your level of tinnitus, it is used as an industry standard and helps provide an idea of how severe or extreme someone's tinnitus is, the link is here below:

https://www.ata.org/sites/default/files/Tinnitus_Handicap_Inventory.pdf

The following is a a scale (based on the amount of points allocated) of how severe your tinnitus is:
 
  • 0-16: Slight or no handicap (Grade 1)
  • 18-36:  Mild handicap (Grade 2)
  • 38-56: Moderate handicap (Grade 3)
  • 58-76: Severe handicap (Grade 4)
  • 78-100: Catastrophic handicap (Grade 5)