title: [A method for relieving tinnitus complaints in long-enlisted soldiers with multiple acoustic traumas--external electrostimulation].
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D001309:Auditory Threshold; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004566:Electrodes; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006317:Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000628:therapy*
vernacular_title: Eine Methode zur Linderung von Tinnitusbeschwerden bei längerdienenden Soldaten mit multiplen Knalltraumen--Die externe Elektrostimulation.