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We performed QSARTs and other AFTs such as the Sympathetic skin response (SSR), Valsalva ratio (VR), and heart rate variability (HRV). The QSART results, obtained at seven hospitals using same protocols, were compared between PwTNs and healthy controls. We confirmed the abnormalities in SSR, VR, and HRV in PwTNs, although those parasympathetic AFTs were not performed in healthy controls. Additionally, we checked Tinnitus handicap inventory (THI) scores for PwTNs and ~50% of PwTNs had low-grade disability, whereas 9.3% had high-grade disability. Data from 57 PwTNs and 122 healthy controls were analyzed. The sweat volumes of QSART in the older age group tended to be higher in the PwTNs than in age-matched healthy controls, and significant differences between the PwTN and control groups were observed in the feet in both sexes (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001) and in the arms in women (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.013). In the younger age group, the sweat volumes in the feet of men were higher in PwTNs than in healthy controls (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.017). No association was observed between THI and QSART scores. In this study, the sweat volumes in QSARTs were higher in PwTNs than in healthy controls. However, abnormal SSR, HRV, and VR results were not commonly observed in PwTNs. Although the results should be interpreted with caution because of limitations in study, PwTNs might also have SFN apart from dysautonomia. This is the first study to perform QSART with other parasympathetic AFTs in PwTNs. 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