Transmeatal cochlear laser (TCL) treatment of cochlear dysfunction: A feasibility study for chronic tinnitus

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 154-161

  Tauber, S ^a,b   Beyer, W ^a   Schorn, K ^a   Baumgartner, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Human cochlea; Light dosimetry; Low level laser therapy; Sensorineural hearing loss; Tinnitus; Transmeatal laser treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY CANAL; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; EAR INJURY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INNER EAR DISEASE; IRRADIATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEMPORAL BONE; TINNITUS; TRANSMEATAL COCHLEAR LASER TREATMENT;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COCHLEAR DISEASES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; LASERS; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TINNITUS;

EID: 0141533200     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-003-0274-6     Document Type: Article

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