Why is there no cure for tinnitus?

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue JUL, 2019, Pages

  McFerran, Don J ^a,b   Stockdale, David ^b   Holme, Ralph ^c   Large, Charles H ^d   Baguley, David M ^b,e,f,g  

^a East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH TINNITUS ASSOCIATION   (United Kingdom)

^c Action on Hearing Loss   (United Kingdom)

^d Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e The National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit in Blood Borne and Sexually Transmitted Infections at University College London in partnership with UK Health Security Agency   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^g NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Clinical trial design; Cure; Outcome measure; Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

AM 101; AUT 00063; ESKETAMINE; GABAPENTIN; GACYCLIDINE; MEMANTINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PLACEBO; POTASSIUM CHANNEL AFFECTING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGIST ATTITUDE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; DISEASE BURDEN; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; REPETITIVE TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; STUDY DESIGN; TINNITUS;

EID: 85070588333     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2019.00802     Document Type: Article

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