Study protocol: Münster tinnitus randomized controlled clinical trial-2013 based on tailor-made notched music training (TMNMT)

BMC Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Pantev, Christo ^a   Rudack, Claudia ^b   Stein, Alwina ^a   Wunderlich, Robert ^a   Engell, Alva ^a   Lau, Pia ^a   Wollbrink, Andreas ^a   Shaykevich, Alex ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

M nster tinnitus randomized controlled clinical trial 2013; Tailor made notched music training (TMNMT); Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; HUMAN; LOUDNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSIC THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLACEBO EFFECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TAILOR MADE NOTCHED MUSIC TRAINING; TINNITUS; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; MUSIC THERAPY; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896701940     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-14-40     Document Type: Article

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