All treatments in tinnitus are experimental, controversial, and futuristic: A comment on "experimental, controversial, and futuristic treatments for chronic tinnitus" by Folmer et al (2014)

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 595-597

  De Ridder, Dirk ^a,b   Vanneste, Sven ^c   Elgoyhen, Ana Belen ^b,d,e   Langguth, Berthold ^b,f   De Nora, Matteo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Tinnitus Research Initiative   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^f UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FUTUROLOGY; HEARING AID; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; LETTER; NEUROMODULATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND MASKER; TINNITUS;

EID: 84934273923     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: 21573107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.14041     Document Type: Letter

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