Neuro-feedback Therapy for Treating Tinnitus (TNTA)
Tinnitus, Hearing Loss
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Tinnitus focused on measuring Tinnitus, Neuro-feedback, Male, Female, Tinnitus Handicap Inventory
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria :
- Age > 18
- Social security affiliation
- Permanent, non-fluctuation, high pitch, bilateral or assimilated, tinnitus
- Mean value of the VAS at least at 6 between the intensity and the disturbance criteria at the recruitment interview.
- THI score superior or equal to 40 at the recruitment interview
- Written consent to the protocol
- Associated hearing-loss characterized by :
- mean value of the hearing threshold loss for the 250, 500 and 1000 Hz thresholds strictly under 25 dB (deciBel).
- at least one hearing threshold among the 2000, 4000, 6000 and 8000 Hz with at least 30 dB of hearing loss.
- mean value of the hearing threshold loss for the 2000, 4000, 6000 and 8000 Hz thresholds strictly under 70 dB.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Subjects under legal protection (guardianship, trusteeship or judicial protection)
- Notable cognitive disability impeding to understanding or performing the cognitive tasks
- Meniere's disease, chronic or serous otitis, acoustic neuroma
- Pulsatile tinnitus, somatosensorial tinnitus
- Epilepsy
- No antidepressant or anti-epileptic drug treatment
- DET (DETresse) questionnaire (measure of tinnitus associated distress) above or equal to 40
- Use of a sound generator during the therapy
- Pregnancy or breastfeeding
- Inability to wear the electrodes headset of the neuro-feedback device
Sites / Locations
- Audika Research CenterRecruiting
- Purpan University hospitalRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
Neuro-feedback therapy
EEG headset is placed on the patients head and the electrodes record the brain activity from F3, F4, FC1 and FC2 (on the 10-10 international localization system of EEG electrodes) and generate feedback. Each session is composed of 6 blocks of 3 minutes in which the patient is incited to practice a specific cognitive strategy. During the 4 first session, 8 strategies are explored. Then through the therapy, the best cognitive strategies are gradually selected through an automatized process taking in account objective performances and subjective feedback.