Different bimodal neuromodulation settings reduce tinnitus symptoms in a large randomized trial.

ABSTRACT: More than 10% of the population suffers from tinnitus, which is a phantom auditory condition that is coded within the brain. A new neuromodulation approach to treat tinnitus has emerged that combines sound with electrical stimulation of somatosensory pathways, supported by multiple animal studies demonstrating that bimodal stimulation can elicit extensive neural plasticity within the auditory brain. More recently, in a large-scale clinical trial, bimodal neuromodulation combining sound and tongue stimulation drove significant reductions in tinnitus symptom severity during the first 6 weeks of treatment, followed by diminishing improvements during the second 6 weeks of treatment. The primary objective of the large-scale randomized and double-blinded study presented in this paper was to dete

SUBMITTER: Conlon B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9246951 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature