TINNITUS AND SUCIDE
- 1 February 1994
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Clinical Otolaryngology
- Vol. 19 (1), 50-54
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2273.1994.tb01147.x
Abstract
A retrospective study of tinnitus sufferers who had committed suicide was undertaken. A questionnaire was compiled, and circulated world-wide. Adequate information was obtained on 28 suicides. An association between suicide and left-sided tinnitus reported previously, was not conclusively replicated. In fact, no particular tinnitus parameter, or associated audiological symptom was over-represented in the suicide series. Demographically, tinnitus suicide victims were characterized by being male, elderly, and socially isolated. There was a high prevalence of psychiatric morbidity, in particular depression (70%). A suicide attempt within the year preceding suicide occurred in five individuals.Keywords
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