Subjective Idiopathic Tinnitus and Palliative Care: A Plan for Diagnosis and Treatment

Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-37

  Shulman, Abraham ^a,b   Goldstein, Barbara ^a,b  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Martha Entenmann Tinnitus Research Center Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical types of tinnitus; Cognitive based therapy; Palliation; Receptor targeted therapy; Tinnitogenesis; Tinnitology; Tinnitus relief

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CLONAZEPAM; CLOPIDOGREL; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; DONEPEZIL; ETIDRONIC ACID; GABAPENTIN; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; MEMANTINE; PAPAVERINE; PENTOXIFYLLINE; STEROID; TACRINE; VITAMIN D;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANXIETY DISORDER; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY TUBE DYSFUNCTION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DIURETIC THERAPY; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMPATHY; EPILEPSY; EXPERIENCE; FEAR; HUMAN; HUMAN DIGNITY; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPNOSIS; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INNER EAR DISEASE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MENIERE DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; NOISE REDUCTION; OTOSCLEROSIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STEROID THERAPY; STROKE; TINNITUS; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TINNITUS;

EID: 58149109069     PISSN: 00306665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2008.09.012     Document Type: Review

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