Sound therapy for tinnitus - Sacred cow or idol worship?: An investigation of the evidence

Audiological Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-24

  McKenna, Laurence ^a   Irwin, Richard ^a  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL THROAT NOSE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Sound therapy; Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOUND THERAPY; THERAPY; THERAPY EFFECT; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41349106447     PISSN: 1651386X     EISSN: 16513835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16513860801899389     Document Type: Article

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