Tinnitus affects 14% of the global population, with 2% experiencing a severe form of the condition. Sound therapy using white noise emitted by hearing aids is a common intervention, supported by the phenomenon of residual inhibition observed during tinnitus assessment....
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Discussion
Signed responses from readers of the wire.
No actionable change — this is a published study protocol only; clinicians should await efficacy results before considering audio-proprio-phonatory reinforcement training as an alternative to white-noise sound therapy for tinnitus.
If this neuromodulation approach proves effective, it could offer audiologists a brain-targeted, non-pharmacological tinnitus therapy beyond existing sound masking strategies.
- 01Protocol describes a HD-EEG clinical trial for a novel tinnitus intervention: audio-proprio-phonatory reinforcement training.
- 02Comparator is white-noise hearing aid sound therapy — a common current clinical approach.
- 03Primary focus is on neuromodulatory (brain-level) changes measured by high-density EEG.
- 04Outcome targets subjective tinnitus severity and associated neural activity patterns.
- 05Published in PLoS ONE as a study protocol; no efficacy data are yet available.
Audio-proprio-phonatory reinforcement training has neuromodulatory effects on subjective tinnitus.
studyunclearWhite-noise hearing aid sound therapy is a common comparator intervention for tinnitus trials.
opinionsupported- PMID
- 42993801
- DOI
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0357455.
- Journal
- PLOS ONE
- Publication type
- research_article
- Evidence level
- 1b
- Population
- Adults with subjective tinnitus
- Intervention
- Audio-proprio-phonatory reinforcement training
- Comparator
- White-noise hearing aid sound therapy
Primary outcomes
Neuromodulatory effects measured by HD-EEG; Change in subjective tinnitus severity