TY - JOUR
T1 - Transtympanic management of tinnitus
AU - Hoffer, Michael E.
AU - Wester, Derin
AU - Kopke, Richard D.
AU - Weisskopf, Peter
AU - Gottshall, Kim
PY - 2003/4
Y1 - 2003/4
N2 - Transtympanic therapy is becoming and important treatment modality for many inner ear disorders. The current therapies aimed at Meniere's disease, sudden sensorineural hearing loss, noise-induced hearing loss, and the tinnitus associated with these disorders and idiopathic tinnitus, however, represents simply an evolutionary step in this treatment modality and must be validated by further scientific study. A number of promising developments including newer more targeted neuroactive medicines, a better understanding of medicine delivery, and the knowledge of the site, origin, and pathophysiology of the symptoms complex will make this therapy more effective. In the future it is possible that many inner ear disorders will be amenable to inner ear medical therapy. Ideally in the future with knowledge of the disease and its etiology the physician will simply pick the established medicine, the established dose, and the established route of administration and achieve a relatively predictable result.
AB - Transtympanic therapy is becoming and important treatment modality for many inner ear disorders. The current therapies aimed at Meniere's disease, sudden sensorineural hearing loss, noise-induced hearing loss, and the tinnitus associated with these disorders and idiopathic tinnitus, however, represents simply an evolutionary step in this treatment modality and must be validated by further scientific study. A number of promising developments including newer more targeted neuroactive medicines, a better understanding of medicine delivery, and the knowledge of the site, origin, and pathophysiology of the symptoms complex will make this therapy more effective. In the future it is possible that many inner ear disorders will be amenable to inner ear medical therapy. Ideally in the future with knowledge of the disease and its etiology the physician will simply pick the established medicine, the established dose, and the established route of administration and achieve a relatively predictable result.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0030-6665(02)00166-4
DO - 10.1016/S0030-6665(02)00166-4
M3 - Article
C2 - 12856303
AN - SCOPUS:0038068923
SN - 0030-6665
VL - 36
SP - 353
EP - 358
JO - Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America
JF - Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America
IS - 2
ER -