title: [The research on electrical promontory stimulation in treating severe disabling tinnitus:12 case reports].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the the efficacy and feasibility of electrical promontory stimulation in treating severe disabling tinnitus.
  
  
  METHODS
  Treated 12 cases of severe disabling tinnitus with EPS, and evaluated the alterations of tinnitus severity scale before and after the treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The effect on tinnitus was assessed during and immediately after the stimulation by tinnitus severity scores. Immediately after EPS, 5 patients reported complete suppression,the duration of persistence time were 10 s-20 h, and 5 reported attenuation of tinnitus, the lasting time were 2-24 h. 2 patients said it was unchanged. After 3 days, the tinnitus severity scores remained unchanged in all these patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In our opinion EPS could be a effective method for suppressing and alleviating tinnitus , but poor results in patients with longterm effects and compliance. It is not suggested that EPS could be a routine method of treatment for tinnitus.
authors: Department of Otolaryngology, Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 200437, China.
authors: Yi
authors: Y
authors: Wang
authors: Ming
authors: M
authors: Li
authors: Jianning
authors: J
authors: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000628:therapy*