Randomized trial of transcranial direct current stimulation and hearing aids for tinnitus management

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 410-419

  Shekhawat, Giriraj Singh ^a   Searchfield, Grant D ^a,b   Stinear, Cathy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Tinnitus Research Initiative   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hearing aids; Neuromodulation; Tinnitus; Transcranial direct current stimulation (tdcs); Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING; HEARING AID; HEARING HANDICAP INVENTORY; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; LOUDNESS; MALE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TINNITUS; TINNITUS CASE HISTORY QUESTIONNAIRE; TINNITUS HANDICAP QUESTIONNAIRE; TINNITUS SEVERITY NUMERIC SCALE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; MASKING; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; TINNITUS FUNCTIONAL INDEX; MIDDLE AGED; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARIETAL LOBE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TINNITUS; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84903574955     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968313508655     Document Type: Article

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