Long-term evaluation of treatment of chronic, therapeutically refractory tinnitus by neurostimulation

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 150-157

  Bartels, H ^a,c   Staal, M J ^a   Holm, A F ^a   Mooij, J J A ^a   Albers, F W J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Neurostimulation; Tinnitus; Vestibulocochlear nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

BRAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; COCHLEAR NERVE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TINNITUS; VESTIBULAR NERVE;

EID: 34249913957     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000099073     Document Type: Article

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