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Audiological evaluation following acupuncture for hearing loss
Author(s) -
Davis James M.,
Krapp Dwight E.,
Wilder Martha L.,
Lawrence Clifton F.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-197512000-00011
Subject(s) - audiology , acupuncture , medicine , hearing loss , pure tone , alternative medicine , pathology
Six patients, diagnosed as having bilateral, sensori‐neural hearing losses received audiological evaluations before and after acupuncture treatments. A comparison of mean pre‐ and post‐treatment pure tone air conduction and speech reception thresholds indicated no significant improvement with respect to auditory acuity. Although most threshold shifts were within a ±5 db clinical error envelope, there was a general tendency for poorer hearing levels.