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. 2021 Mar;35(3):282-285.
doi: 10.13201/j.issn.2096-7993.2021.03.021.

[Clinical application of sound therapy in chronic subjective tinnitus]

[Article in Chinese]
Huiying Sun, Guodong Feng, Zhijiang Gao

[Clinical application of sound therapy in chronic subjective tinnitus]

[Article in Chinese]
Huiying Sun et al. Lin Chuang Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi. 2021 Mar.

Abstract

Chronic subjective tinnitus is an auditory phantom phenomenon perceived by patients only, with no external sound source. It's a common disease and it lacks effective treatments. Sound therapy is an optional treatment which proved to reduce the tinnitus loudness and the negative effects on life. After decades of development, a wide variety of acoustic therapies have been produced, but seldom are likely to thoroughly cure tinnitus. In recent years, some new acoustic treatments based on the hypothesis of mechanisms of tinnitus, are expected to alleviate or even eliminate tinnitus.

Keywords: sound therapy; tinnitus; treatment effectiveness.

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The authors of this article and the planning committee members and staff have no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.

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