Study on the Effect of Sound Therapy on Chronic Primary Tinnitus

Capital Medical University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Tinnitus

Treatments: Device: TMT; Device: CAABT

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03764826

2018-P2-182-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is to compare the effect of Cochleural Alternating Acoustic Beam Therapy(CAABT) and tinnitus masking therapy(TMT) on chronic primary tinnitus.Half of participants will receive CAABT, while the other half will receive TMT.

Full description

The patients with tinnitus will be collected with medical history, ear examination ,auditory function test and questionnaire survey.100 cases of chronic primary tinnitus will be selected as the research object.This study will be developed in the form of a blind randomized clinical trial.The study subjects will be divided into 2 groups by randomized method, with 50 cases in each group. Psychological acoustic test, Resting-state function magnetic resonance imaging（RS-fMRI) will be conducted.For 6 months, the patients will be treated with Cochleural Alternating Acoustic Beam Therapy（CAABT）and tinnitus masking therapy（TMT） respectively, followed by questionnaire survey, psychological acoustics test and RS-fMRI. The THI,VAS score, RS-fMRI ReHo value and low-frequency wave amplitude (ALFF) before and after the treatment will be compared. For those cases with poor results, the exchanged treatment will be performed for 6 months, followed by questionnaire survey, psychoacoustic test, RS-fMRI, and comparison of THI, VAS score, ReHo value and ALFF before and after treatment.All cases will be followed up for 1 year, and questionnaire survey will be conducted again.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Ages between 18-75 years
• Tinnitus undergone for more than 6 months
• Continuous attack, single tone dominated, annoying tinnitus
• Able to cooperate with auditory function test and psychoacoustic test
• The main tinnitus frequency is from 125Hz to 8000Hz
• Willing to use the equipment daily during the test
• Willing and able to follow up regularly
• Ability to read and write Chinese, able to understand and complete questionnaires

Exclusion criteria

• Secondary tinnitus
• Pure tone audiometry shows conduction deafness or mixed deafness
• Tinnitus main frequency threshold >60dB
• Receiving treatment for other tinnitus
• MRI contraindications
• Feeling uncomfortable with the treatment equipment or not being accepted

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

CAABT

Experimental group

Description:

CAABT(Cochleural Alternating Acoustic Beam Therapy) is an innovative tinnitus intervention which based on neural science and cochlear plastic research and aimed to reprogram the central auditory system to neutralize the discordant responses of the dysfunctioning cochlea via acoustic beaming stimuli.

Treatment:

Device: CAABT

TMT

Active Comparator group

Description:

TMT(tinnitus masking therapy) is a traditional tinnitus intervention. The masking sound is mainly white noise, and the intensity just covers tinnitus.

Treatment:

Device: TMT