Reversing Synchronized Brain Circuits With Targeted Auditory-Somatosensory Stimulation to Treat Phantom Percepts

Inclusion Criteria

• •Must report constant, subjective, preferably unilateral tinnitus without any active external or middle ear pathology.
• •No greater than a mild hearing loss up to 6 kHz, and no greater than a moderate hearing loss at the tinnitus frequencies.
• •Must be able to modulate their tinnitus with a somatic maneuver
• •Preferably onset of tinnitus less than one year ago, but present for at least 6 months. Tinnitus should be bothersome.
• •Absence of retrocochlear pathology/8th nerve lesion
• •No participation in a tinnitus treatment regimen within the past six months or participation in the University of Michigan stage 1 clinical trial.