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Filter by:The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacity of N-acetylcystein against Cisplatin-induced ototoxicity.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of high-dose intranasal oxytocin for treating tinnitus. The hypothesis is that high dose intranasal oxytocin can significantly reduce tinnitus severity and disability.
This is an exploratory pilot open-label study to identify the signal changes on fMRI of patients with tinnitus and with temporary suppression of the tinnitus with IV lidocaine. Patients will include those with hearing loss (both unilateral and bilateral) and tinnitus, subjects with normal hearing and tinnitus, and control subjects with normal hearing and no tinnitus. Eligible subjects will have functional and subjective data collected at baseline, receive an IV lidocaine infusion, and have functional and subjective data collected post-infusion for comparison and identification of involved neural networks.
The aim of this study is to evaluate hearing characteristics in patients with and without tinnitus using DPOAE and specific tinnitus severity index (TSI) and tinnitus handicap inventory (THI) questionnaires in both groups. Purpose of the research: Demonstrate that the characteristics of tinnitus depend on the presence and magnitude of hearing loss. Research participants: 150 patients coming for further audiological treatment due to tinnitus. Data will be collected from an electronic database that is filled in during diagnostic processing. During the diagnostic processing, TSI and THI questionnaires will be filled in, a tone audiogram (TA) and DPOAE will be performed.
Objective: This study aimed to investigate the effect, onset and duration of action, and short-term outcomes of acupuncture therapy in the treatment of patients with severe chronic subjective tinnitus. Methods: This study is a randomized, controlled trial evaluating patients with chronic, idiopathic and severe tinnitus. A total of 105 participants were divided into two groups using the randomization method: the study group that received real acupuncture therapy (n = 53) and the sham acupuncture group. Ten acupuncture sessions were applied over five weeks. After treatment, each participant was monitored for up to three months according to the changes in the Visual Analog Scale (VAS), Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI), Pure-Tone Audiometry and Speech Discrimination scores.
In this experiment, patients with chronic pure tone tinnitus were divided into three groups to receive auditory stimulation, somatosensory stimulation, vestibular stimulation and combined stimulation, in order to find an effective way to treat tinnitus
The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of antioxidant supplementation in idiopathic tinnitus patients. To investigate this, a double-blind, randomized, and placebo-controlled clinical trial was conducted to assess the impact of a multivitamin-multimineral supplement with phytochemicals combined with a-lipoic acid supplements on serum oxidative stress, serum antioxidant capacity and tinnitus parameters in patients with idiopathic tinnitus. Subjective, idiopathic, non-pulsatile tinnitus ("tinnitus") is perception of sound without the presence of an external acoustic stimulus. Causes of idiopathic tinnitus remain unknown and the pathological mechanisms are not fully understood. Currently, effective therapies for tinnitus remain limited. Previous research has demonstrated that oxidative stress is possibly involved in the pathogenesis of idiopathic tinnitus and some studies have shown beneficial effects of antioxidant therapy in tinnitus patients. Moreover, many studies have shown the beneficial effect of antioxidant supplementation on the reduction of oxidative stress and the increase of endogenous antioxidant enzymes and antioxidant capacity. Seventy patients with idiopathic tinnitus were enrolled based on certain inclusion and exclusion criteria. Subsequently, they were informed regarding the aims, methods, anticipated benefits, and potential hazards of the study, and were provided with the information leaflet of the study. Each patient who agreed to take part in the study, signed an informed consent form, a copy of which was given to them. Participants were allocated to either antioxidant or placebo group. Randomisation was conducted by someone who was not involved in the study and blinding was strictly maintained to researchers and participants. The antioxidant group received one multivitamin and multimineral tablet with grape seed extract once a day together with one tablet of alpha-lipoic acid twice a day, whereas the placebo group received identical placebo tablets. Supplements were kindly donated by Lamberts. The intervention lasted 3 months. Both groups kept their usual medical treatment and their diet and exercise habits stable during the intervention. Patients were assessed after randomisation according to the following tools: - Medical history - Audiometric and Tinnitus assessment: Basic audiometric tests, pitch match, loudness match, minimum masking level (MML) - Tinnitus questionnaires: Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI), Tinnitus Functional Index (TFI) and Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) - anthropometrics: body weight , height, Body Mass Index, waist and hip circumferences - Nutrition and physical activity evaluation - Adherence to the Mediterranean dietary pattern (MedDietScore) - Psychological assessment - Biochemical measurements: Complete blood count, lipid profile, glucose, electrolytes, liver enzymes, thyroid hormones - Vitamin laboratory tests - Oxidative stress assessment in serum samples: Total Antioxidant Capacity (TAC), Superoxide Dismutase (SOD) activity and Oxidized LDL are quantified. Compliance and any side effects were checked with a weekly telephone contact with the patients. The consumption of tablets was checked with a diary completed by patients. At the end of the intervention, all baseline parameters were assessed.
The investigators aim to study whether surgical resurfacing of the sigmoid sinus and jugular bulb will result in elimination of venous pulsatile tinnitus.
With this study we want to investigate the impact of self-help tools on the subjective tinnitus distress in chronic tinnitus patients. Furthermore, we want to investigate the influence of personal characteristics on the individual tinnitus improvement.
This study evaluates the therapeutic effects of Etanercept (Enbrel) on the treatment of blast/noise induced tinnitus in adults. Half of the participants will receive 2 x 25mg/ Entanercept injections, and the other half will receive placebo injections.