Safety and efficacy of vagus nerve stimulation paired with tones for the treatment of tinnitus: a case series
De Ridder D, Vanneste S, Engineer ND, Kilgard MP
Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface · 2014
Key finding
Four of ten patients demonstrated clinically meaningful improvements in tinnitus that remained stable for more than two months after treatment, with all five non-responders found to be on medications interfering with neuromodulatory pathways.
- Condition
- Tinnitus
- Stimulation
- iVNS
- Evidence tier
- Case Report / Series
- Participants
- 10
Cite this study
De Ridder, D., Vanneste, S., Engineer, N. D., & Kilgard, M. P. (2014). Safety and efficacy of vagus nerve stimulation paired with tones for the treatment of tinnitus: a case series. Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface, 17(2), 170-179. https://doi.org/10.1111/ner.12127
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