Acupuncture Treatment in Patients with Chronic Subjective Tinnitus: A Prospective, Randomized Study.

ABSTRACT: Objective: This study investigated the effect, onset, duration of action, and short-term outcomes of acupuncture therapy for treating patients with severe chronic subjective tinnitus. Materials and Methods: This randomized controlled trial evaluated patients with chronic, idiopathic, and severe tinnitus. A total of 105 participants were divided into 2 groups using a randomization method: a study group who received verum acupuncture therapy (n = 53) and a sham acupuncture group (n = 52). Ten acupuncture sessions were given over 5 weeks. After treatment, each participant was monitored for up to 3 months according to changes on a visual analogue Scale (VAS), and Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI), and Pure-Tone Audiometry and Speech Discrimination (Interacoustics AC-40, Denmark) scores. Result

SUBMITTER: Kuzucu I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7041314 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature