Vagus Nerve Stimulation Paired with Tones for the Treatment of Tinnitus: A Prospective Randomized Double-blind Controlled Pilot Study in Humans
Tyler R, Cacace A, Stocking C, Tarver B, Engineer N, Martin J, Deshpande A, Stecker N, Pereira M, Kilgard M, et al.
Scientific Reports · 2017
Key finding
After 6 weeks, 50% of participants in the VNS-paired-tones group showed clinically meaningful THI improvements versus 28% of controls, with benefits sustained at one year.
- Condition
- Tinnitus
- Stimulation
- iVNS
- Evidence tier
- Randomised Controlled Trial
- Participants
- 30
Cite this study
Tyler, R., Cacace, A., Stocking, C., Tarver, B., Engineer, N., Martin, J., Deshpande, A., Stecker, N., Pereira, M., Kilgard, M., Burress, C., Pierce, D., Rennaker, R., & Vanneste, S. (2017). Vagus Nerve Stimulation Paired with Tones for the Treatment of Tinnitus: A Prospective Randomized Double-blind Controlled Pilot Study in Humans. Scientific Reports, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-12178-w
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