Customized Acoustic Stimulation for the Treatment of Tinnitus

University of California Irvine (UCI)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Tinnitus

Treatments: Other: Customized sound; Other: Regular Masker

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01487447

HSMT003 HS# 2006-5187

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy of a customized sound therapy in reducing tinnitus loudness and increasing the residual inhibition.

Enrollment: 31 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18 years or older
• Male or female
• Tinnitus present for 6 months or more
• Adequate command of English

Exclusion criteria

• Active illicit drug use, alcohol dependence
• Treatable cause of tinnitus
• History of psychosis
• Subjects on medications known to cause tinnitus (aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen) which could not be stopped will be excluded.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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31 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Customized sound

Control

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Regular Masker