Investigating the effects of a personalized, spectrally altered music-based sound therapy on treating tinnitus: A blinded, randomized controlled trial

Audiology and Neurotology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 296-304

  Li, Shelly Anne ^a,b   Bao, Lin ^c   Chrostowski, Michael ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Sound Options Tinnitus Treatments Inc   (New Zealand)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain plasticity; Computational model; Music therapy; Sound therapy; Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSIC; MUSIC THERAPY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SPECTRALLY ALTERED MUSIC BASED SOUND THERAPY; TINNITUS; TINNITUS HANDICAP INVENTORY; TREATMENT DURATION; AGED; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SOUND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC THERAPY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SOUND; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84995810405     PISSN: 14203030     EISSN: 14219700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000450745     Document Type: Article

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