Tinnitus suppression with electrical stimulation in subjects with Single Sided Deafness - Tinnitus suppression using cochlear implants

Medisch Universitair Ziekenhuis Maastricht0 sites10 target enrollmentTBD

Overview

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Registry

who.int

Start Date

TBD

End Date

February 26, 2015

Last Updated

last year

Study Type

Interventional

Sponsor

Medisch Universitair Ziekenhuis Maastricht

•\- Ipsilateral: severely hearing\-impaired (PTA more than 80 dB)
•\- Contralateral: moderate to normal hearing (PTA better than 50 dB). In cases of
•moderate hearing: PTA with hearing aid should be better than 20 dB.
•\- Experiencing tinnitus which is:
•o Continuous
•o Ipsilaterally localized
•o Characterized as a pure tone
•o Severe, that is:
•o Visual Analogue Scale\-score \> 7,
•o Tinnitus Handicap Inventory\-score \> 36 and/or Tinnitus Questionnaire\- score \> 41

•\- Pulsatile tinnitus
•\- History of psychiatric or neurological disorders or depression: Beck Depression
•Inventory score should not be 20 or higher
•\- Use of antidepressant medication
•\- Cochleovestibular neurovascular conflict
•\- Any congenital deafness (e.g. absence of a cochlear nerve)
•\- History of vestibular schwannoma
•\- Ossified cochlea
•\- Active middle ear disease
•\- Age \< 18 years old