Direct current stimulation of the ear in tinnitus treatment: A double-blind placebo-controlled study

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 271, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1815-1822

  Mielczarek, Marzena ^a   Olszewski, Jurek ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Direct current; Electrical stimulation; Placebo; Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECT CURRENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPLICATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902250373     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: 14344726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-013-2849-6     Document Type: Article

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