Cochlear implantation for tinnitus in adults with bilateral hearing loss: protocol of a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Tinnitus is the perception of sound without an external stimulus, often experienced as a ringing or buzzing sound. Subjective tinnitus is assumed to origin from changes in neural activity caused by reduced or lack of auditory input, for instance due to hearing loss. Since auditory deprivation is thought to be one of the causes of tinnitus, increasing the auditory input by cochlear implantation might be a possible treatment. In studies assessing cochlear implantation for patients with hearing loss, tinnitus relief was seen as a secondary outcome. Therefore, we will assess the effect of cochlear implantation in patients with primarily tinnitus complaints.

Method and analysis

In this randomised controlled trial starting in January 2021 at the ENT department of the

SUBMITTER: Assouly K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8130732 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature