Although studies of tinnitus and personality are prevalent in tinnitus research, studies of tinnitus-related distress across personality types using the Color Code Personality Assessment are lacking. PURPOSE: The purpose of this research was to evaluate the relationship between personality type and the reaction to tinnitus using the Color Code Personality Assessment and the Tinnitus Reaction Questionnaire (TRQ).
No immediate practice change; findings are exploratory and personality typing tools like Color Code are not yet validated for routine tinnitus counseling protocols.
Understanding how personality traits shape tinnitus distress could eventually help audiologists tailor counseling and management strategies to individual patient profiles.
- 01Color Code personality types were used to categorize tinnitus patients and measure distress reactions.
- 02Personality type appears to influence how individuals perceive and react to tinnitus.
- 03Findings add to a growing body of literature linking psychological traits to tinnitus burden.
- 04Results are exploratory; Color Code is not a clinically validated psychometric tool.
- 05May inform future individualized or psychologically informed tinnitus counseling approaches.
Color Code personality type influences tinnitus-related distress and reactions.
studypartially supported- PMID
- 42403965
- DOI
- 10.3766/jaaa.250014.
- Journal
- Journal of the American Academy of Audiology
- Publication type
- research_article
- Evidence level
- 4
- Population
- Patients with tinnitus categorized by Color Code personality type
- Intervention
- Color Code personality typing applied to tinnitus distress assessment
Primary outcomes
Tinnitus-related distress; Tinnitus reaction scores across personality types