Technical Feasibility of Acoustic Coordinated Reset Therapy for Tinnitus Delivered via Hearing Aids: A Case Study
Joint Authors
Hauptmann, Christian
Williams, Mark
Vinciati, Federica
Haller, Markus
Source
Case Reports in Otolaryngology
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-03-30
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Primary tinnitus has a severe negative influence on the quality of life of a substantial portion of the general population.
When acoustic coordinated reset (CR) neuromodulation stimuli are delivered for several hours per day over several weeks a clinically significant symptom reduction in patients with primary tonal tinnitus has been reported by several clinical sites.
Here, we reported the first case where CR neuromodulation was delivered through a hearing aid.
A 52-year-old man with chronic primary tonal tinnitus was previously considered untreatable with sound therapy.
He initially received the classic CR treatment protocol with signals delivered with the separate proprietary device with his hearing aids removed during treatment.
He was subsequently treated with the therapy being deployed through a set of contemporary hearing aids.
After 5 months of classic CR treatment with the separate custom device, the THI and VASL/A scores worsened by 57% and 13%/14%, respectively.
Using the hearing aid without CR treatment for 5 months no change in tinnitus symptoms was observed.
However, after three months of CR treatment delivered through the hearing aids, the THI and VASL/A scores were reduced by 70% and 32%/32%, respectively.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Hauptmann, Christian& Williams, Mark& Vinciati, Federica& Haller, Markus. 2017. Technical Feasibility of Acoustic Coordinated Reset Therapy for Tinnitus Delivered via Hearing Aids: A Case Study. Case Reports in Otolaryngology،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1148686
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Hauptmann, Christian…[et al.]. Technical Feasibility of Acoustic Coordinated Reset Therapy for Tinnitus Delivered via Hearing Aids: A Case Study. Case Reports in Otolaryngology No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1148686
American Medical Association (AMA)
Hauptmann, Christian& Williams, Mark& Vinciati, Federica& Haller, Markus. Technical Feasibility of Acoustic Coordinated Reset Therapy for Tinnitus Delivered via Hearing Aids: A Case Study. Case Reports in Otolaryngology. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1148686
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1148686