Treatment of tinnitus

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 361-368

  Langguth, Berthold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auditory pathways; auditory stimulation; brain stimulation; cochlea; differential diagnosis; drug therapy; psychotherapy; randomized controlled trials; symptoms; tinnitus

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; PLACEBO;

AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MECHANISM; HEARING AID; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUND THERAPY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TINNITUS; TINNITUS RETRAINING THERAPY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYMPANOMETRY;

HUMANS; TINNITUS;

EID: 84960430393     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: 15316998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0000000000000185     Document Type: Review

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