This study is a Double-blind, Randomized, Sham-controlled, Investigator-initiated trial. To explore the effectiveness of non-invasive inner ear electrical stimulation of the mastoid behind the ear in controlling auditory symptoms and dizziness in patients with Meniere's disease.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
120
electrical stimulation device.
Relieve symptoms of balance disorders or dizziness
sham electrical stimulation device.
Seoul National University Hospital
Seoul, South Korea
RECRUITINGValuation of dizziness with Dizziness Visual Analogue scale(Efficacy)
Verifying therapeutic effect of electrical stimulation
Time frame: 0,2,4,8,12 weeks during electrical stimulation
Evaluate vestibular-ocular reflex with Video head impulse test(Efficacy)
Verifying therapeutic effect of electrical stimulation,evaluate the function of the vestibulocochlear reflex in the semicircular canal and measure the extent of improvement in Meniere's disease.
Time frame: 0,4,8,12 weeks during electrical stimulation
Valuation of hearing threshold with pure tone audiometry(Efficacy)
Verifying therapeutic effect of electrical stimulation.measuring the level of enhancement in low-frequency hearing.
Time frame: 0,4,8,12 weeks during electrical stimulation
electroencephalography(Efficacy)
Verifying therapeutic effect of electrical stimulation,evaluate the inhibitory response of the brain through EEG readings following repeated stimulation.
Time frame: 0,1,4,8,12 weeks during electrical stimulation
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