A method for relieving tinnitus complaints in long-enlisted soldiers with multiple acoustic traumas--external electrostimulation
Pilgramm, M.; Lenders, H.; Schumann, K.
Hno 34(7): 280-284
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0017-6192 PMID: 3488982 Document Number: 283734
The effect of external electrostimulation (EES) on tinnitus in soldiers with multiple blast trauma was assessed in a controlled study. There was no change in the tinnitus in the untreated control group during an observing period of 5 weeks. However the noise resolved completely within 28 days of therapy in 20% of treated soldiers, in some patients the symptoms were improved. The repeated application of EES is effective in recurrent complaints. This method can be carried out on an out-patient basis and scarcely has any side-effects. It is not suitable for treating tinnitus after acute acoustic trauma.