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ArticleAmerican journal of audiology2026

Psychometric Evaluation of the Tinnitus Severity Short Form Measure in Veterans and Civilians.

Emma R Dear, Chavez R Rodriguez, Jay F Piccirillo, Thomas L Rodebaugh

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Article in American journal of audiology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Emma R DearDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.ORCID 0000-0003-2397-365X
Chavez R RodriguezDepartment of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
Jay F PiccirilloDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
Thomas L RodebaughDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Abstract

purposeTinnitus is the perception of sound that cannot be attributed to an external source, which can be distressing. There are several measures of tinnitus distress available; however, these measures are difficult to use in practice. The Tinnitus Severity Short Form (TS-SF) was developed to be a brief, pragmatic measure. However, it is presently unclear whether the measure may be invariant across groups.

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resultsA confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated acceptable relative fit indices for a bifactor model. The TS-SF demonstrated measurement invariance at the configural, metric, scalar, and residual levels between veterans and civilians. Post hoc testing indicated that a vast majority of the variance of the bifactor model can be attributed to the substantive distress score, justifying unifactorial scoring.

conclusionThis study provides evidence that the TS-SF is a useful, brief measure of tinnitus distress that may be used to connect individuals to appropriate treatments.

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TinnitusVeteransAdultAgedFactor Analysis, StatisticalFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPsychometricsSeverity of Illness IndexSurveys and Questionnaires

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PMID41557774
PMCPMC12991057

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