Placebo-controlled vagus nerve stimulation paired with tones in a patient with refractory tinnitus: A case report

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 575-580

  De Ridder, Dirk ^a   Kilgard, Michael ^b   Engineer, Navzer ^c   Vanneste, Sven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c MicroTransponder Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Tinnitus; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84925660492     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000000704     Document Type: Article

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