作者: Andrea Kleine Punte , Katrien Vermeire , Anouk Hofkens , Marc De Bodt , Dirk De Ridder
DOI: 10.1179/146701011X13001035752336
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摘要: AbstractIntroductionSevere tinnitus can seriously impair patients in their activities daily life and reduce quality of life. The aims this prospective clinical study were to assess the long-term effects cochlear implantation (CI) on with single-sided deafness ipsilateral incapacitating tinnitus, investigate whether CI could treat various types tinnitus.Materials methodsTwenty-six subjects unilateral severe-to-profound sensorineural hearing loss received a CI. Patients suffered from severe greater than 6/10 visual analogue scale (VAS) due deafness. Assessment consisted analysis including determination type, frequency, loudness. A questionnaire (TQ) measured distress. VAS TQ administered pre-implantation post-implantation.ResultsAll 26 reported subjective benefit Tinnitus loudness reduced significantly after 8.6 2.2 (sca...