Tinnitus

Study

Tinnitus**
Authors, title of the study and source:
Roland NJ, Hughes JB, Daley MB, Cook JA, Jones AS, McCormick MS. Electromagnetic stimulation as a treatment for tinnitus: a pilot study. Clin Otolaryngol. 1993, 18, 278-281

Number of patients: 58

Disease:
Sensorineural Tinnitus

Treatment:
15 min /day, 1 week, on the neck or over the mastoid. Variety of electromagnetic signals from low frequencies.

Improvement:
Highly significant improvement of subjective symptoms (45% in the MFT group, 9% in the Placebo group) and significant improvements in audiographer measurements.

Remarks:
Chronic tinnitus is a disease very difficult to treat with multiple causes. The reasons were not included in this study. The authors believe that the pilot study shows very good results.

_{** The treatment with pulsating magnetic field seems to be superior because of double blind controlled randomized studies of the Placebo-treatment.
* The treatment with pulsating magnetic field seems to be superior because of the controlled studies of the control-treatment.}