Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI) Calculator
Assess how tinnitus affects your daily life with our comprehensive THI calculator. This validated tool measures the functional, emotional, and catastrophic impact of tinnitus, helping you and your healthcare provider understand the severity of your condition and track treatment progress.
The Connection Between Tinnitus and Dizziness
Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) and dizziness frequently occur together, sharing common underlying causes and affecting similar parts of the inner ear. Many vestibular disorders can cause both symptoms simultaneously.
Common Conditions Causing Both:
- • Meniere's disease
- • Vestibular migraine
- • Acoustic neuroma
- • Labyrinthitis
- • Ototoxic medication effects
Why Assess Both:
- • Comprehensive symptom evaluation
- • Better treatment planning
- • Track progress in both areas
- • Identify primary vs. secondary symptoms
- • Optimize quality of life outcomes
Understanding Your THI Score
Minimal impact on daily life. Tinnitus is present but manageable.
Some interference with daily activities but generally manageable.
Noticeable impact on daily activities and quality of life.
Significant interference with daily life and functioning.
Severe impact requiring comprehensive treatment approach.
The 3 THI Subscales Explained
Measures how tinnitus affects your ability to perform daily activities, concentrate, read, work, and participate in social situations.
High functional scores indicate significant interference with daily tasks and responsibilities.
Assesses the emotional and psychological impact of tinnitus, including feelings of anger, frustration, irritability, anxiety, and depression.
High emotional scores suggest significant psychological distress related to tinnitus.
Evaluates catastrophic thinking patterns, feelings of desperation, loss of control, and beliefs about having a terrible disease.
High catastrophic scores indicate severe psychological distress and may benefit from counseling.
Tinnitus Treatment Options
- • Hearing aids with tinnitus masking
- • Sound therapy and white noise
- • Tinnitus retraining therapy (TRT)
- • Notched sound therapy
- • Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
- • Mindfulness-based tinnitus reduction
- • Acceptance and commitment therapy
- • Stress management techniques
- • Treatment of underlying conditions
- • Medication management
- • Earwax removal
- • Blood pressure control
- • Sleep hygiene improvement
- • Caffeine and alcohol reduction
- • Regular exercise
- • Stress reduction techniques
Related Assessment Tools
Assess how dizziness affects your daily life. Essential if you experience both tinnitus and dizziness.
Take DHI Assessment →Measure confidence in daily activities affected by balance disorders.
Take VADL Assessment →Screen for depression, which commonly occurs with chronic tinnitus.
Take PHQ-9 Screener →