Refractory tinnitus
Conditions
Interventions
Experimental group:Cheek acupuncture treatment
Control group:Acoustic information therapy
Blank control group :No intervention
Sponsors
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
60 Years to 90 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1)Those with tinnitus as the main complaint, consciously unilateral or bilateral tinnitus, or cranial ringing on the ear side of the ear that cannot distinguish tinnitus, with or without hearing loss; (2)The course of the disease is 6 months and above, and the tinnitus does not improve after relevant treatment; (3)Patients = 60 years of age (patients over 85 years of age need to have an informed consent form signed by a guardian; (4)Voluntarily cooperate with the treatment of this study and sign an informed consent form (and comply with the ethical review process).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) Patients with hearing loss caused by external ear lesions (such as cerumen embolism, foreign bodies, etc.) or ototoxic drug poisoning, middle ear lesions (such as otitis media, middle ear tumors, etc.), inner ear lesions (acoustic neuroma, Meniere's disease, window membrane rupture, purulent labyrinthitis, autoimmune diseases), central lesions caused by hearing loss (such as cerebrovascular accident and other medical diseases, or multiple sclerosis, blood or vascular diseases, syphilis) and other serious systemic diseases; (2) Patients with mental disorders and irrelevant answers; (3) Those with contraindications to cheek acupuncture such as fear of needles, skin breakage on the cheeks, local infection, trigeminal neuralgia or facial spasm.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| THQ; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| THI;SDS;Blood rheology;Pure tone hearing threshold test changes;Tinnitus loudness matches changes; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactGe Lijuan
Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Outcome results
None listed