Combining Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Tailor-Made Notched Music Training to decrease tinnitus-related distress – a pilot study

The central auditory system has a crucial role in tinnitus generation and maintenance. Curative treatments for tinnitus do not yet exist. However, recent attempts in the therapeutic application of both acoustic stimulation/training procedures and electric/magnetic brain stimulation techniques have y...

Verfasser: Teismann, Henning
Wollbrink, Andreas
Okamoto, Hidehiko
Schlaug, Gottfried
Rudack, Claudia
Pantev, Christo
FB/Einrichtung:FB 05: Medizinische Fakultät
Dokumenttypen:Artikel
Medientypen:Text
Erscheinungsdatum:2014
Publikation in MIAMI:17.03.2014
Datum der letzten Änderung:21.10.2022
Angaben zur Ausgabe:[Electronic ed.]
Quelle:PLoS ONE 9 (2014) 2, e89904
Fachgebiet (DDC):610: Medizin und Gesundheit
Lizenz:CC BY 4.0
Sprache:English
Anmerkungen:Finanziert durch den Open-Access-Publikationsfonds 2013/2014 der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) und der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU Münster).
Format:PDF-Dokument
URN:urn:nbn:de:hbz:6-83389591581
Weitere Identifikatoren:DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089904
Permalink:https://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:6-83389591581
Onlinezugriff:journal.pone.0089904.pdf
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