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ArticleCurrent topics in behavioral neurosciences2021

Bimodal Auditory Electrical Stimulation for the Treatment of Tinnitus: Preclinical and Clinical Studies.

Travis L Riffle, David T Martel, Gerilyn R Jones, Susan E Shore

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Article in Current topics in behavioral neurosciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Too Blind to See the Elephant? Why Neuroscientists Ought to Be Interested in Tinnitus.Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Travis L RiffleDepartment of Otolaryngology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
David T MartelDepartment of Otolaryngology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Gerilyn R JonesDepartment of Otolaryngology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Susan E ShoreDepartment of Otolaryngology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. sushore@umich.edu.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5300-6532
University of Michigan · US

Funding

Scientific Synergy CoreP30DC005188 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI SCHACHT, JOCHEN · 2002 to 2016
$10.3M
Sensory Mechanisms and Disorders - Administrative SupplementT32DC000011 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Michael Thomas Roberts · 1989 to 2026
$9.5M
Function of trigeminal pathways to the cochlear nucleusR01DC004825 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI SHORE, SUSAN E · 2001 to 2016
$5.5M
Reversing Synchronized Brain Circuits with Targeted Auditory-Somatosensory Stimulation to Treat Phantom PerceptsRF1MH114244 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI SHORE, SUSAN E · 2017 to 2017
$2.4M
NIDCD NIH HHS P30 DC005188NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC004825NIDCD NIH HHS T32 DC000011NIMH NIH HHS RF1 MH114244
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tinnitus, or the phantom perception of sound, arises from pathological neural activity. Neurophysiological research has shown increased spontaneous firing rates and synchronization along the auditory pathway correlate strongly with behavioral measures of tinnitus. Auditory neurons are plastic, enabling external stimuli to be utilized to elicit long-term changes to spontaneous firing and synchrony. Pathological plasticity can thus be reversed using bimodal auditory plus nonauditory stimulation to reduce tinnitus. This chapter discusses preclinical and clinical evidence for efficacy of bimodal stimulation treatments of tinnitus, with highlights on sham-controlled, double-blinded clinical trials. The results from these studies have shown some efficacy in reducing the severity of tinnitus, based on subjective and objective outcome measures including tinnitus questionnaires and psychophysical tinnitus measurements. While results of some studies have been positive, the degree of benefit and the populations that respond to treatment vary across the studies. Directions and implications of future studies are discussed.

Indexed as

TinnitusAcoustic StimulationElectric StimulationHumansNeuronsResearch DesignAuditory-somatosensoryBimodalClinical trialPlasticityTinnitus

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PMID33083999
PMCPMC8058117
OpenAlexW3093956186

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