Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the central auditory system in tinnitus patients and healthy controls.
Completed
- Conditions
- ringing in the earstinnitus10019243
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON30933
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 54
Inclusion Criteria
For all 3 groups:
-Age > 18 years old
-right-handedness, i.e. a score of >14 point on the Edinburgh Handedness Inventory (Oldfield, 1971)
-written informed consent ;Specifically for the tinnitusgroup:
-unilateral tonal tinnitus;Specifically for the controlgroup of hearing impaired subjects:
-a hearing threshold of > 25 dBHL on 3 or more frequencies of the standard audiogram
Exclusion Criteria
For all 3 groups:
-neurological or mental disorders
-metal implants
-drug or alcohol abuse during a period of 6 months prior to the experiment
-pregnancy
-claustrophobia
-use of medication which might have an effect on the brain ;For the two control groups:
-a positive answer on a question of the medical screening questionnaire (see appendix 5)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>differences in haemodynamic response in the tinnitus group as compared to the<br /><br>control groups.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>-</p><br>