Treatment options for subjective tinnitus: Self reports from a sample of general practitioners and ENT physicians within Europe and the USA

Table 1 Total number of participating physicians and their demographic characteristics.

	Profession	Gross sample [N]	Sample after screening [N]	Male [N]	Female [N]	Average age [years]
US	GPs	117	102	70	32	42
	ENTs	106	102	88	14	48
UK	GPs	52	51	40	11	47
	ENTs	54	53	49	4	46
Germany	GPs	51	50	34	16	50
	ENTs	50	50	36	14	52
France	GPs	50	50	43	7	49
	ENTs	50	50	43	7	51
Spain	GPs	50	50	39	11	49
	ENTs	52	52	39	13	50
Italy	GPs	50	50	41	9	52
	ENTs	53	52	42	10	51

GP = General practitioner, ENT = Ear-Nose-Throat specialist. Screening excluded those physicians who had not seen any tinnitus patients in the past three months. All values represent total numbers (except age, which represents an average).

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