Restoration of Deafferentation Reduces Tinnitus, Anxiety, and Depression: A Retrospective Study on Cochlear Implant Patients

Table 1

Preoperative characteristics of CI candidates.

Preoperative characteristics
Characteristics	Sum
Male : female, No.	24 : 27
Age at CI	(19-74)
Hearing aid use proportion before CI (%)	60.8% (31/51)
Mean duration of severe deafness before CI (years)	(0.5-27)
Tinnitus proportion before CI (%)	94.1% (48/51)
Catastrophic (78–100)	22.9% (11/48)
Severe (58–76)	25% (12/48)
Moderate (38–56)	20.8% (10/48)
Mild (18–36)	29.2% (14/48)
Light (0–16)	2% (1/48)
Anxiety proportion before CI ()	51% (26/51)
Depression proportion before CI ()	52.9% (27/51)
Anxiety or depression proportion before CI ()	66.6% (34/51)