Tinnitus Treatment Using a Smartphone Application

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Tinnitus, Subjective
• Interventions: Behavioral: Tinnitus application

• Registration Number: NCT03688113
• Lead Sponsor: Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

Brief Summary

People with tinnitus will use a smartpphone app in which they are instructed to reject maladaptive thoughts by throwing them away from themselves (upwards) and embrace supportive thoughts by pulling them towards themselves (downwards). The Tinnitus Handicap Inventory will be used to measure the effect of the application.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2018-09-26
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-09-26
• Study First Posted: 2018-09-28
• Study Start: 2018-12-01
• Status Verified: 2019-12
• Primary Completion: 2019-12-01
• Study Completion: 2019-12-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-12-28
• Last Update Posted: 2020-01-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 31

Inclusion Criteria

• Tinnitus lasting more than 3 months

Exclusion Criteria

• Brain space occupying lesion

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Treatment	Tinnitus application	-
Wait list	Tinnitus application	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Tinnitus Handicap Inventory score	34 days	The Tinnitus Handicap Inventory measures the degree of disturbance the tinnitus causes the patients, on a a total scale of 0-100. 0 is the lowest possible score (no disturbance caused by the tinnitus, 100- the most severe form of intrusiveness)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Sourasky Medical Center; 🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Israel