Evaluation of the literatures of clinical studies on acupuncture and moxibustion for treatment of sensorineural hearing loss.
- Author:
Bin LIU
1
;
Yuan-hao DU
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH: Acupuncture; Acupuncture Therapy; Hearing Loss, Sensorineural; Hearing Loss, Sudden; Humans; Moxibustion
- From: Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion 2005;25(12):893-896
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo understand the survey of studies on acupuncture and moxibustion for treatment of sensorineural hearing loss at home.
METHODSBy searching China journal web, 60 correlative papers from Jan. 1994 to Aug. 2004 were found and analyzed.
RESULTSDescriptive studies accounted for 71.7% and trial studies accounted for 28.3%. The diseases studied were mainly sudden deafness and the treatment methods were principally auricular acupuncture and body acupuncture. Most papers did not have definite diagnosis standard, and most criteria of therapeutic effects were self-stipulated, with no detail processing methods for the results, and only one paper reported adverse reaction.
CONCLUSIONThe therapeutic effects of acupuncture and moxibustion on sensorineural hearing loss need to be confirmed with studies of higher quality.
