Exploratory Study on the Role of Somatic Modulation in Hyperacusis

Antwerp University Hospital (UZA)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hyperacusis

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Somatic modulation

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04693819

SomHyp

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study focuses on patients with a primary complaint of hyperacusis. Hyperacusis has been defined as 'abnormally reduced tolerance to sound' and is commonly associated with tinnitus. The effects of somatic modulation upon tinnitus have been studied, but not so for hyperacusis.. The effect of 9 somatic modulations (i.e. 3 jaw modulations and 6 cervical spine modulations) and 1 control movement (i.e. without any somatic modulation effect) in random order on the sound tolerance of a 1 kilohertz (kHz) broadband noise sound and the tinnitus experience will be investigated. More specifically, the perceived loudness and intrusiveness of this sound and the tinnitus sound will be evaluated before somatic modulation and during the somatic modulation.

Enrollment: 18 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Primary complaint of hyperacusis

Exclusion criteria

• Primary complaint of tinnitus

Trial design

18 participants in 1 patient group

Hyperacusis

Description:

Abnormally reduced tolerance to sound

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Somatic modulation