Electrical stimulation of the ear, head, cranial nerve, or cortex for the treatment of tinnitus: A scoping review

Neural Plasticity

Volumn 2016, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Hoare, Derek J ^a   Adjamian, Peyman ^b   Sereda, Magdalena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC INSTITUTE OF HEARING RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN SURFACE STIMULATION; CHRONIC ELECTRICAL VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE STIMULATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTED VAGUS NERVE STIMULATOR; NERVE STIMULATION; NONINVASIVE ELECTRICAL STIMULATION OF THE EAR; REVIEW; TINNITUS; TRANSCRANIAL ALTERNATING CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS VAGAL NERVE STIMULATION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CRANIAL NERVE; EAR; ELECTROTHERAPY; HEAD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; CRANIAL NERVES; EAR; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HEAD; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84976631039     PISSN: 20905904     EISSN: 16875443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2016/5130503     Document Type: Review

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