This study was performed to examine the relationship between tinnitus handicap and health status measured by SF-36 (Medical Outcome Study Short Form 36) in discharged soldiers. The study was conducted by a survey on 283 males who suffered from tinnitus occurred by noise exposure during military service. Survey questionnaires emphasized the impact on the sociodemograhic characteristics, disease history, health effects to the tinnitus characteristics. The results showed that the relationship between tinnitus handicap inventory scores and SF-36 scores were negative correlation, meaning the greater tinnitus inventory scores, the worse quality of life related to health status. Also, the group with low scores of SF-36 showed more significantly high degree of tinnitus handicap than the group with high scores of SF-36. Taken together, results of this study indicated that tinnitus and health status are associate to the specific. The relationship between noise exposure and tinnitus could not be defined in this study. However, it is suggested that the hearing conservation program in the miliary is need to prevent tinnitus.