Acupuncture and Sensorineural Hearing Loss: A Review
- 1 November 1975
- journal article
- review article
- Published by American Speech Language Hearing Association in Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders
- Vol. 40 (4) , 427-433
- https://doi.org/10.1044/jshd.4004.427
Abstract
Recent reports concerning the use of acupuncture as a possible treatment for sensorineural hearing impairment were reviewed and evaluated. It was concluded that acupuncture has no effect upon the hearing ability of individuals with sensorineural losses. Further, it was suggested that subjective feelings of improvement represent a placebo effect resulting from the application of a treatment that patients believe might work and not from acupuncture itself.Keywords
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