The windowed sound therapy: A new empirical approach for an effective personalized treatment of tinnitus

International Tinnitus Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-61

  Lugli, Marco ^a   Romani, Romano ^a   Ponzi, Stefano ^a   Bacciu, Salvatore ^a   Parmigiani, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Band erased noise; Equivalent rectangular bandwidth (ERB); Personalized treatment; Tinnitus; Tinnitus pitch; Waterfall noise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LOUDNESS; LOW FREQUENCY NOISE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY EFFECT; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WINDOWED SOUND THERAPY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PITCH PERCEPTION; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349484818     PISSN: 09465448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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