Table 3. Changes in THI Scores after Treatment, according to Sound Type of Tinnitus and Causes of Tinnitus

Sound type of Tinnitus	Causes	Functional subscale	Emotional subscale	Catastrophic subscale	Total subscale
High-narrow tone	Total	12.11→10.53	10.41→9.40	4.83→4.12	26.89→23.77
	kidney essence depletion-type	11.92→11.12	10.43→9.74	4.81→4.37	26.64→24.42
	spleen-stomach weakness-type	11.63→9.81	10.24→8.93	4.92→4.08	25.88→20.96
	heart-kidney non-interaction-type	12.61→11.31	10.72→9.49	5.06→4.18	27.43→24.65
	liver qi depression + spleen-stomach weakness-type	13.85→13.04	11.68→10.78	5.18→4.78	28.81→27.39
	phlegm-fire congealing + stomach heat-type	12.89→11.92	10.83→8.66	4.69→3.96	28.48→26.30
Low-wide tone	Total	13.26→12.31	11.98→10.81	5.38→4.81	29.12→27.13
	liver fire harassing upward-type	14.17→13.31	12.69→12.24	5.47→4.92	30.16→27.65
	phlegm fire congesting-type	13.04→11.39	11.83→10.75	5.50→5.13	29.10→27.62
	spleen-stomach weakness-type	12.77→11.25	11.35→10.30	5.28→4.43	28.66→25.32
	kidney essence depletion-type	13.24→12.50	11.39→10.28	4.98→4.72	28.57→27.00