title: Long-term effects of intracochlear electrical stimulation with looped patterns on tinnitus: A case study.
abstract: Electrical stimulation by cochlear implant (CI) has been proven to be a viable treatment option for tinnitus in many recent studies. In addition, intracochlear electrical stimulation independent of an acoustic input appears to suppress tinnitus, at least in the short term. We conducted a case study to investigate the long-term effects of both standard CI and intracochlear electrical stimulation independent of an acoustic input on tinnitus in a patient with single-sided deafness and tinnitus. We found no negative effects of intracochlear electrical stimulation independent of an acoustic input on speech perception in noise. Furthermore, the additional use of a standard CI was advantageous for speech discrimination in our patient. We conclude that long-term tinnitus suppression can be achieved via intracochlear electrical stimulation with looped patterns. Our findings in terms of speech discrimination in our patient were consistent with those reported in previous studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT/Head and Neck Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre, P. Debyelaan 25, PO Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands. remo.arts1987@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Remo A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Arts
authors.forename: Erwin L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: George
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Griessner
authors.forename: Clemens
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zierhofer
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Stokroos
mesh_terms: D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D019929:Cochlear Implantation; D003054:Cochlear Implants; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy; D003639:Hearing Loss, Sudden / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013067:Speech Perception; D013069:Speech Reception Threshold Test; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome