The influence of sound generator associated with conventional amplification for tinnitus control: Randomized blind clinical trial

Trends in Hearing

Volumn 18, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Dos Santos, Gisele Munhoes ^a   Bento, Ricardo Ferreira ^a   De Medeiros, Italo Roberto Torres ^a   Oiticcica, Jeanne ^a   Da Silva, Eleonora Csipai ^a   Penteado, Silvio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hearing AIDS; Sound generator; Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICES; DISABILITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAZIL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84922482163     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23312165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2331216514542657     Document Type: Article

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