Safety and efficacy of vagus nerve stimulation paired with tones for the treatment of tinnitus: A case series

Neuromodulation

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 170-179

  De Ridder, Dirk ^a,b   Vanneste, Sven ^a,c,d   Engineer, Navzer D ^e   Kilgard, Michael P ^d  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^e MicroTransponder Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Tinnitus; vagal nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ACETYLCHOLINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MASKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EFFECT SIZE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE STIMULATOR; NEUROMODULATION; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; PATIENT SAFETY; SOUND; THERAPY EFFECT; TINNITUS; VAGUS NERVE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; FOLLOW UP; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897109916     PISSN: 10947159     EISSN: 15251403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ner.12127     Document Type: Article

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