Effectiveness of transmeatal low power laser irradiation for chronic tinnitus

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 447-451

  Gungor, A ^a   Dogru, S ^a   Cincik, H ^a   Erkul, E ^a   Poyrazoglu, E ^a  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Lasers; Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANNOYANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOUDNESS; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIXED HEARING LOSS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TINNITUS;

EID: 42449083389     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215107009619     Document Type: Article

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