ArticleLaryngoscope investigative otolaryngology2020
Vagus nerve stimulation paired with tones for tinnitus suppression: Effects on voice and hearing.
Article in Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.
- Guideline
- Aging in the Primary Auditory Cortex.Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO · 2026Review
- Interplay between noise-induced sensorineural hearing loss and hypertension: pathophysiological mechanisms and therapeutic prospects.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2025Review
- Integrative Treatment for Tinnitus Combining Repeated Facial and Auriculotemporal Nerve Blocks With Stimulation of Auditory and Non-auditory Nerves.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Article
- Direct and Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Treatment of Tinnitus: A Scoping Review.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2021Article
- Vagus nerve stimulation paired with tones for tinnitus suppression: Effects on voice and hearing.Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveIn individuals with chronic tinnitus, our interest was to determine whether daily low-level electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve paired with tones (paired-VNS STUDY
designLongitudinal with repeated-measures.
methodsDigitized samples of sustained frontal, midline, and back vowels (/e/, /o/, /ah/) were analyzed with computer software to quantify the degree of
resultsMost of the regression functions for the vocal samples and audiometric variables had slope values that were
conclusionQuantitative voice analysis and assessment of audiometric variables showed minimal if any evidence of adverse effects using paired-VNS LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level IV.
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