Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation in tinnitus: A pilot study

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 378-382

  Lehtimäki, Jarmo ^b   Hyvärinen, Petteri ^b   Ylikoski, Matti ^a,b   Bergholm, Mikael ^a   Mäkelä, Jyrki P ^b   Aarnisalo, Antti ^b   Pirvola, Ulla ^c   Mäkitie, Antti ^b   Ylikoski, Jukka ^a,b  

^a Tinnoff Inc   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Arnold's nerve; Brain plasticity; Magnetoencephalography; N1m response; Sound therapy; Tinnitus handicap; Well being index

Indexed keywords

ANNOYANCE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LOUDNESS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NERVE CELL; NEUROMODULATION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOUND THERAPY; THERAPY EFFECT; TINNITUS; TRANSCUTANEOUS VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TINNITUS; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84877903085     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016489.2012.750736     Document Type: Article

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