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The objective of this study was to assess the psychometric properties of the SSSQ2. Method: This was a cross-sectional study. A total of 451 people completed the online survey. A total of 154 people completed the survey twice with a two-week interval to establish test\u2013retest reliability. The average age of the participants was 36.5 years (range 18 to 86 years). Results: Confirmatory factor analysis showed that the SSSQ2 is a one-factor questionnaire. Cronbach\u2019s \u03b1 was 0.80. The test\u2013retest reliability was good for the total SSSQ2 score and was moderate for the sum of items 1 and 3 (indicating loudness hyperacusis), item 2 (for pain hyperacusis), item 4 (for misophonia), item 5 (for fear hyperacusis), and item 6 (for noise sensitivity). The minimum amount of change that constitutes a true change in the total SSSQ2 score is \u22655 points. Conclusions: The SSSQ2 can be used in clinical practice or research setting to measure the severity of general sound sensitivity as a one-factor questionnaire with acceptable internal consistency and good reliability. In addition, the individual items in the SSSQ2 can be used as a checklist to screen for various forms of sound sensitivity.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/brainsci15010016","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,12,27]],"date-time":"2024-12-27T02:59:27Z","timestamp":1735268367000},"page":"16","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["The Sound Sensitivity Symptoms Questionnaire Version 2.0 (SSSQ2) as a Screening Tool for Assessment of Hyperacusis, Misophonia and Noise Sensitivity: Factor Analysis, Validity, Reliability, and Minimum Detectable Change"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6839-5649","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hashir","family":"Aazh","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Research and Development Department, Hashir International Specialist Clinics & Research Institute for Misophonia, Tinnitus and Hyperacusis Ltd., 167-169 Great Portland Street, London W1W 5PF, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8858-1759","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Fatma Betul","family":"Kula","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Research and Development Department, Hashir International Specialist Clinics & Research Institute for Misophonia, Tinnitus and Hyperacusis Ltd., 167-169 Great Portland Street, London W1W 5PF, UK"},{"name":"Department of Psychology, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,12,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"123","DOI":"10.4103\/1463-1741.132100","article-title":"Insights from the First International Conference on Hyperacusis: Causes, evaluation, diagnosis and treatment","volume":"16","author":"Aazh","year":"2014","journal-title":"Noise Health"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"248","DOI":"10.1055\/a-1780-4002","article-title":"Psychometric Evaluation of the Hyperacusis Impact Questionnaire (HIQ) and Sound Sensitivity Symptoms Questionnaire (SSSQ) Using a Clinical Population of Adult Patients with Tinnitus Alone or Combined with Hyperacusis","volume":"33","author":"Aazh","year":"2022","journal-title":"J. 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