Hearing aids for the treatment of tinnitus

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 166, Issue , 2007, Pages 341-345

  Del Bo, L ^a   Ambrosetti, U ^b,c  

^a Associazione Ascolta e Vivi   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

hearing aid; hearing loss; open ear device; sound generator; sound therapy; tinnitus

Indexed keywords

COUNSELING; DEVICE; EAR; HEARING AID; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NOISE REDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TINNITUS;

HEARING AIDS; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; TINNITUS;

EID: 35348847234     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(07)66032-4     Document Type: Review

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