Cross-cultural adaptation of the Tinnitus Functional
Index for measurement of chronic tinnitus in Hong Kong Chinese patients
ACS Kam1, EKS Leung2, PYB
Chan3, APP Cheung4, MCF Tong5
1 Department of Special Education
and Counselling, The Education University of Hong Kong
2 Department of ENT, Prince of
Wales Hospital
3 Department of ENT, Pamela Youde
Nethersole Eastern Hospital
4 Department of ENT, Yan Chai
Hospital
5 Department of
Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong
Kong
1. The 25-item Chinese version of the Tinnitus
Functional Index (TFI-CH) is a valid, reliable, and responsive tool to
measure tinnitus severity and related negative impacts.
2. The TFI-CH has comprehensive coverage of tinnitus severity, as the same eight factors (intrusive, sense of control, cognitive, sleep, auditory, relaxation, quality of life, and emotion) from the original TFI were extracted.
2. The TFI-CH has comprehensive coverage of tinnitus severity, as the same eight factors (intrusive, sense of control, cognitive, sleep, auditory, relaxation, quality of life, and emotion) from the original TFI were extracted.