[Acoustic hearing aid with an integrated noise generator in hearing-impaired subjects with tinnitus].
BACKGROUND
Sound therapy has been studied in a group of 30 patients experiencing hearing loss and tinnitus.


METHODS
Patients wore a BTE hearing-aid (TCI-COMBI by Siemens), which, in addition to acoustic amplification, can generate a broadband noise. Comparison of self-questionnaires completed by the patients during a 12 week period with amplification alone to a 12 week period with amplification and noise.


CONCLUSIONS
His study demonstrates that the level of suffering is significantly reduced during the period with added noise.
Frachet
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Service d'oto-rhino-laryngologie, Hôpital Avicenne F-93009 Bobigny Cedex. bruno.frachet@avc.ap-hop-paris.fr
Vormès
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Moyse
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Vasseur
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D000161:Acoustic Stimulation / Q000295:instrumentation; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006310:Hearing Aids; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009622:Noise; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy