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Research on improving chronic tinnitus by auricular acupressure and IR-C irradiation

Research on improving chronic tinnitus by auricular acupressure and IR-C irradiation

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ChiCTR
Registry ID
ChiCTR-TRC-13003276
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2013-03-27
Start date
2013-03-04
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2017-04-18

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Chronic tinnitus (subjective to sensorineural tinnitus )

Interventions

Experimental group:Vaccaria auricular acupressure combination no-infrared ray hot material covered neck pillow analog devices
Experimental group:Infrared ray hot material covered neck pillow Analog Devices combinatio no-vaccaria auricular acupressure
Experimental group:Vaccaria auricular acupressure combination infrared ray hot material covered neck pillow analog devices
control group:No- Vaccaria auricular acupressure combination no-infrared ray hot material covered neck pillow analog devices

Sponsors

Department of Graduate Institute of Natural Healing Sciences, Nanhua University
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
50 Years to 70 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inlcuded in the test subjects' age was 50 to 70 years, diagnosed by doctors as subjective to sensorineural, tinnitus phenomenon occurs more than six months, and tinnitus phenomenon occurs more than three months no longer use drug treatment; female patients required of postmenopausal women and did not accept any of the hormonal drug treatment.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients with tumors; 2. objective tinnitus; 3. The external ear to local lesions due can't be done by auricular acupressure; 4. Does not work with those who carried out the evaluation processes; 5. Pregnant women; 6. Non-menopausal women.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Blood pressure, heart rate;Heart Rate Variability, HRV;visual analog scales, VAS;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactChun-Chih Lin
benjasado@gmail.com+886-972019645

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026