Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation as a Treatment for Tinnitus

Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of chronic tinnitus * Chronic subjective tinnitus for more than 6 months * Subject is naive regarding rTMS * Other concurrent treatments: A four-week washout from any other tinnitus treatment or management program is required prior to entering this study * Stable enough to complete this study per the opinion of the Study Physician * No restrictions, provided the dosages have been in place for at least 3 months * A three month washout from any other tinnitus treatment or management program is required prior to entering this study. Exclusion Criteria: * Objective tinnitus or tinnitus with treatable cause * Presence of intracranial or intraocular ferromagnetic materiel or particles * Cardiac pacemaker or other electronic implants (including cochlear implant) Serious heart disease or other unstable major medical condition * Personal history of central nervous system disorder, head injury, stroke or seizures * Familial history of epilepsy * Concomitant medication with antidepressants and antipsychotics * Pregnant women * Others known contraindications to rTMS or brain MRI