Table 4 Consistency for each question: r score and P value

1. Did your use the telephone become less than the in past because of not hearing or discriminating the voices well?

0.581

< 0.001

2. Did you become feeling embarrassed when you meet strange persons because of not hearing or discriminating the voices well?

0.569

< 0.001

3. Did you become avoiding dealing with big groups of people because of not hearing or discriminating the voices well?

0.496

< 0.001

4. Did you become feeling more irritable than in the past because of not hearing or discriminating the voices well?

0.543

< 0.001

5. Did you become feeling frustrated when you talk to your family members because of not hearing or discriminating the voices well?

0.470

< 0.001

6. Do you face difficulties when you are present in social occasions because of not hearing or discriminating the voices well?

0.479

< 0.001

7. Did you become feeling difficulties in understanding the matters well because of not hearing or discriminating the voices well?

0.570

< 0.001

8. Do you face a difficulty during talking to you in low voice because of not hearing or discriminating the voices well?

0.443

< 0.001

9. Did you become feeling any kind of handicap in your life because of not hearing or discriminating the voices well?

0.524

< 0.001

10. Did you become feeling difficulties during visiting your relative and acquaints because of not hearing or discriminating the voices well?

0.771

< 0.001

11. Did attending your religious rituals become less than in the past because of not hearing or discriminating the voices well?

0.431

< 0.001

12. Did you become more nervous and effervescent than in the past because of not hearing or discriminating the voices well?

0.518

< 0.001

13. Did your visitings to your relatives and acquaints become less than in the past because of not hearing or discriminating the voices well?

0.656

< 0.001

14. Did the engagement in a debate with your family members become more because of not hearing or discriminating the voices well?

0.536

< 0.001

15. Do you face a difficult when you hear the voice of the radio or television because of not hearing or discriminating the voices well?

0.511

< 0.001

16. Did your going to the market become less than in the past because of not hearing or discriminating to the voices well?

0.597

< 0.001

17. Did you become feeling more annoyed and disturbed more than in the past because of not hearing or discriminating the voices well?

0.607

< 0.001

18. Did you become wishing to be alone because of not hearing or discriminating the voices well?

0.611

< 0.001

19. Did the talking to your family individuals become less than in the past because of not hearing or discriminating the voices well?

0.595

< 0.001

20. Do you face difficulties and obstacles that affect your personal or social life because of not hearing or discriminating to the voices well?

0.624

< 0.001

21. Do you face difficulties when you are in the restaurants or the crowded eating places because of not hearing or discriminating the voices well?

0.504

< 0.001

22. Do you become feeling more frustrated or depressed more than in the past because of not hearing or discriminating the voices well?

0.477

< 0.001

23. Did your listening to the voice of the radio or the television become less than in the past because of not hearing or discriminating the voices well?

0.540

< 0.001

24. Did you become feeling discomfort during talking to the friends or acquaints because of not hearing or discriminating the voices well?

0.606

< 0.001

25. Did you become feeling disregarded and isolated during your presence with the people because of not hearing or discriminating the voices well?

0.549

< 0.001