Phase II Clinical Study on Low-Intensity-Noise Tinnitus Suppression (LINTS) for Tinnitus Treatment.

ABSTRACT: Background/Objectives: Tinnitus treatment is often based on coping strategies, as, still, no causal treatment is available. Based on our "Erlangen model" of tinnitus development, we treated tinnitus patients with individualized, non-masking low-intensity noise (LIN) to reduce the tinnitus loudness. Methods: A total of 72 adult patients with a tinnitus severity index below IV (tinnitus health questionnaire, THQ), a hearing loss not exceeding 40 dB up to 6 kHz, and without experience in hearing aid (HA) usage were included in this study. Their audiograms, tinnitus parameters, THQ scores, and optimal LIN were determined individually. Patients were double-blinded, assigned to a treatment-only (TO) or placebo-and-treatment (PT) group. The TO patients received treatment for four we

SUBMITTER: Tziridis K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12650358 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature