Neuromonics tinnitus treatment (Neuromonics Inc.)
Record ID 32012000154
English
Authors' recommendations:
Tinnitus, known as ringing in the ears, is a condition in which a person regularly experiences sound within the ear or head in the absence of any external sound. A common disorder, it affects about 25 million people in the United States, and for 2 million of them, the symptoms are severe and disabling. Tinnitus arises in the outer, middle, or inner ear, or in the brain. The condition is not a disease in itself, but a symptom that accompanies physical or psychological disorders. In some cases, no definite cause such as exposure to loud noise or an illness is found. Usual care involves education, counseling and support, and behavioral therapies. These therapies are often augmented by the use of various acoustic stimuli to mask the tinnitus including specialized white noise generators that are worn like hearing aids. Tinnitus retraining therapies help the patient to become desensitized to the sounds.
Details
Project Status:
Completed
Year Published:
2011
URL for published report:
http://www.hayesinc.com/hayes/crd/?crd=10913
English language abstract:
An English language summary is available
Publication Type:
Not Assigned
Country:
United States
MeSH Terms
- Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
- Hearing Tests
- Tinnitus
Contact
Organisation Name:
HAYES, Inc.
Contact Address:
157 S. Broad Street, Suite 200, Lansdale, PA 19446, USA. Tel: 215 855 0615; Fax: 215 855 5218
Contact Name:
saleinfo@hayesinc.com
Contact Email:
saleinfo@hayesinc.com
Copyright:
2011 Winifred S. Hayes, Inc
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