Open AccessTinnitus: Our experience with intratympanic instillation of 2% Xylocaine
Author(s) -
Narendra B. Suratwala
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.229
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2231-3796
pISSN - 0973-7707
DOI - 10.1007/bf03021331
Subject(s) - medicine , tinnitus , nausea , anesthesia , otorhinolaryngology , vomiting , vertigo , acupuncture , audiology , surgery , alternative medicine , pathology
Idiopathic subjective tinnitus is quite an obscure otopathology for over the decades. This paper deals with the results of an intratympanic instillation of 2% Xylocaine through Grommet over a six weeks time. Patients overall compliance was 26%. We suggest this method of treatment for those who have been treated unsuccessfully with drugs, acupuncture, electrical control, biofeedback etc with not much reward. Patient is warned about impending nausea and vomiting. Tinnitus is alleviated to cope with near to normal life.