Effectiveness of transcutaneous electrical stimulation for chronic tinnitus

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 159-167

  Lee, Sun Kyu ^a   Chung, Hoon ^a   Chung, Ji Hyun ^a   Yeo, Seung Gun ^a   Park, Mun Suh ^a   Byun, Jae Yong ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hearing loss; THI; Tinnitus Handicap Inventory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TINNITUS; TINNITUS HANDICAP INVENTORY; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATOR; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TINNITUS; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84892755825     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016489.2013.844854     Document Type: Article

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