Evaluation of the acoustic coordinated reset (CR ®) neuromodulation therapy for tinnitus: Study protocol for a double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Hoare, Derek J ^a   Pierzycki, Robert H ^a   Thomas, Holly ^a   McAlpine, David ^b   Hall, Deborah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pathological synchrony; Sound therapy; Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC COORDINATED RESET NEUROMODULATION THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEARING; HUMAN; LOUDNESS; NEUROLOGICAL EQUIPMENT; NEUROMODULATION; PITCH; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TINNITUS; TREATMENT DURATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENGLAND; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84880034680     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-14-207     Document Type: Article

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