ReviewCurrent opinion in otolaryngology & head and neck surgery2015
Tinnitus treatment with precise and optimal electric stimulation: opportunities and challenges.
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- Characteristics of preoperative electrically evoked middle latency responses and postoperative cochlear implant effects in patients with tinnitus.Head & face medicine · 2025Article
- Current and Emerging Therapies for Chronic Subjective Tinnitus.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Effects of Transcutaneous Trigeminal Electrical Stimulation and Sound Therapy in Patients with Tinnitus.Yonsei medical journal · 2023Article
- Assessment of Subjective Tinnitus Treatment Results Using a Prototype Device for Electrical and Magnetic Stimulation of the Ear-Preliminary Study.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- [Analysis of intraoperative EABR characteristics and postoperative efficacy of cochlear implant in patients with tinnitus].Lin chuang er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Journal of clinical otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery · 2022Article
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- Electric hearing and tinnitus suppression by noninvasive ear stimulation.Hearing research · 2022Article
- Systematic Review on Intra- and Extracochlear Electrical Stimulation for Tinnitus.Brain sciences · 2021Review
- Animal Models of Tinnitus Treatment: Cochlear and Brain Stimulation.Current topics in behavioral neurosciences · 2021Article
- [Effect of cochlear implantation on tinnitus and the prognosis mode analysis].Lin chuang er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Journal of clinical otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery · 2020Article
- Human Sensation of Transcranial Electric Stimulation.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Reversible Functional Changes Evoked by Anodal Epidural Direct Current Electrical Stimulation of the Rat Auditory Cortex.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2019Article
- Tinnitus Treatment Using Noninvasive and Minimally Invasive Electric Stimulation: Experimental Design and Feasibility.Trends in hearingArticle
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Abstract
purpose of reviewElectric stimulation is a potent means of neuromodulation that has been used to restore hearing and minimize tremor, but its application on tinnitus symptoms has been limited. We examine recent evidence to identify the knowledge gaps in the use of electric stimulation for tinnitus treatment. RECENT
findingsRecent studies using electric stimulation to suppress tinnitus in humans are categorized according to their points of attacks. First, noninvasive, direct current stimulation uses an active electrode in the ear canal, tympanic membrane, or temporal scalp. Second, inner ear stimulation uses charge-balanced biphasic stimulation by placing an active electrode on the promontory or round window, or a cochlear implant array in the cochlea. Third, intraneural implants can provide targeted stimulation of specific sites along the auditory pathway. Although these studies demonstrated some success in tinnitus suppression, none established a link between tinnitus suppression efficacy and tinnitus-generating mechanisms. SUMMARY: Electric stimulation provides a unique opportunity to suppress tinnitus. Challenges include matching electric stimulation sites and patterns to tinnitus locus and type, meeting the oftentimes-contradictory demands between tinnitus suppression and other indications, such as speech understanding, and justifying the costs and risks of electric stimulation for tinnitus symptoms.
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