Open ear hearing aids in tinnitus therapy: An efficacy comparison with sound generators

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 548-553

  Parazzini, Marta ^a   Del Bo, Luca ^b   Jastreboff, Margaret ^c   Tognola, Gabriella ^a   Ravazzani, Paolo ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Del Bo Tecnologia per l'Ascolto   (Italy)

^c Jastreboff Hearing Disorders Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Custom sound generators (SG); Open ear hearing aids (OE HA); Tinnitus retraining therapy (TRT)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; ITALY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOUND; TIME; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BALTIMORE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REHABILITATION OF HEARING IMPAIRED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOUND; TIME FACTORS; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960469976     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2011.572263     Document Type: Article

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