Clinical Utility of Neuromodulation on Tinnitus

Hearing and Language Healthcare Center, China Medical University Hsinchu Hospital, Taiwan

Status: Completed

Conditions: Tinnitus

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05674435

IJS-D-22-01675

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the present narrative review is to one of the first to critically evaluate the clinical effectiveness of neuromodulation as a therapeutic option for patients with tinnitus. Our method involves conducting a systemic review and the findings reported following PRISMA statement. Pubmed, Cochrane database and Google Scholar databases literature search was conducted for articles reporting the use of neuromodulatory interventions on tinnitus patients. Each article was evaluated using the Cochrane risk of bias tool.

Enrollment: 26 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Tinnitus patients
• At least one of the neurofeedback methods
• Single and multi-center
• Randomized control trials and observational studies

Exclusion criteria

• Non-peer-reviewed papers, letters, editorials
• Not English language