Sound therapy for tinnitus management: Practicable options

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 62-75

  Hoare, Derek J ^a,b   Searchfield, Grant D ^c   El Refaie, Amr ^d   Henry, James A ^e,f  

^a The National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit in Blood Borne and Sexually Transmitted Infections at University College London in partnership with UK Health Security Agency   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR REHABILITATIVE AUDITORY RESEARCH   (United States)

^f OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Habituation; Masking; Neuromodulation; Progressive management; Residual inhibition

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC COORDINATED RESET NEUROMODULATION DEVICE; AUDITORY MASKING; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEVICE SAFETY; DEVICE THERAPY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEARING AID; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MOTIVATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY THERAPEUTIC DEVICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEER REVIEW; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SOUND THERAPY; TINNITUS; TINNITUS DEVICE; TINNITUS MASKER; TONOTOPY; TREATMENT PLANNING; WHITE NOISE GENERATOR;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COUNSELING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MUSIC; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TINNITUS;

EID: 84896942423     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.25.1.5     Document Type: Review

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