Abstract ▼ AI-Helper

Object :
To evaluate the effect of acupuncture treatment on tinnitus.
Methods :
A total of 21 subjects were randomized in a double-blind controlled trial to receive either meridian point acupuncture(control group) or non-meridian point acupuncture(treatment group) for 10 times in 5weeks....

Object :
To evaluate the effect of acupuncture treatment on tinnitus.
Methods :
A total of 21 subjects were randomized in a double-blind controlled trial to receive either meridian point acupuncture(control group) or non-meridian point acupuncture(treatment group) for 10 times in 5weeks.
Evaluation included Tinnitus Handicap Inventory(THI), Visual Analogue Scale(VAS), Beck Depression Inventory-2(BDI-2), Heart Rate Variability(HRV), Hearing Test and Speech Discrimination.
Results :
1. After 10 treatment sessions, there was a significant decrease in VAS score from baselin in both treatment group and control group. However, there was a significant decrease in THI score from baseline only in treatment group. And there is no significant decrease in THI score from baselin in control group.
2. After 10 treatment sessions, there was no significant difference in BDI-2 and HRV score from baseline in both treatment group and control group.
3. After 10 treatment sessions, there was a significant improvement in hearing test and speech discrimination from baseline only in treatment group. And there is no significant improvement in hearing test and speech discrimination test from baselin in control group.
Conclusion :
The acupuncture treatment on tinnitus was effective in the decrease of subjective symptom and in the improvemnet of hearing and speech discrimination.

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