Neurofeedback in der Therapie des Tinnitus

Abstract

In conclusion neurofeedback is a new therapy for patients with tinnitus. Patients get the possibility of selfcontrol and therefore of influence on their disease.

Real-time fMRI feedback training may improve chronic tinnitus

“…The rtfMRI neurofeedback technique has the advantage that once a participant has learned to control the individual auditory activations, this strategy can be used in every day life to improve tinnitus. Previous EEG biofeedback studies in tinnitus successfully improved tinnitus symptoms by up-regulating alpha-activity and down-regulating beta-activity [29] or by enhancement of tau activity within the alpha frequency range and concomitant reduction in delta power [30]. As compared to these EEG studies, the major advantage of rtfMRI biofeedback is the much higher spatial specificity that allows for selective reduction of the auditory activation only.…”

What is Neurofeedback: An Update

“…Preliminary reports have also been published on the use of neurofeedback with chronic fatigue syndrome (Hammond, 2001b); Tourette's (Tansey, 1986); obsessive-compulsive disorder (Hammond, 2003(Hammond, , 2004Surmeli, Ertem, Eralp, & Kos, 2011); Parkinson's tremors (M. Thompson & Thompson, 2002); tinnitus (Crocetti, Forti, & Bo, 2011;Dohrmann, Elbert, Schlee, & Weisz, 2007;Gosepath, Nafe, Ziegler, & Mann, 2001;Schenk, Lamm, Gundel, & Ladwig, 2005;Weiler, Brill, Tachiki, & Schneider, 2001); pain (Ibric & Dragomirescu, 2009;Jensen, Grierson, Tracy-Smith, Bacigalupi, & Othmer, 2007;Sime, 2004); physical balance, swallowing, gagging, and incontinence (Hammond, 2005a); children with histories of abuse and neglect (Huang-Storms et al, 2006) or reactive attachment disorder (Fisher, 2009);cerebral palsy (Ayers, 2004); restless legs and periodic limb movement disorder (Hammond, in press); physical and emotional symptoms associated with Type I diabetes mellitus (Monjezi & Lyle, 2006); essential tremor; and for ''chemo fog'' (Raffa & Tallarida, 2010;Schagen, Hamburger, Muller, Boogerd, & van Dam, 2001) following chemotherapy or radiation treatments.…”

What Is Neurofeedback?

“…Neurofeedback has shown good research support for its effectiveness in treating anxiety (Hammond, 2005a, b;Moore, 2000). It is also being used to work with other clinical problems such as depression (Baehr, Rosenfeld, & Baehr, 2001;Hammond, 2005a, b), chronic fatigue syndrome (Hammond, 2001), fibromyalgia (Donaldson et al, 1998;Mueller et al, 2001), sleep disorders, Tourette's, obsessive-compulsive disorder (Hammond, 2003), autism (Jarusiuwicz, 2002Scolnick,, 2005;Sichel, Fehmi, & Goldstein, 1995), Parkinson's tremors (Thompson & Thompson, 2002), tinnitus (Gosepath, Nafe, Ziegler, & Mann, 2001;Schenk, Lamm, Gundel, & Ladwig, 2005;Weiler, Brill, Tachiki, & Schneider, 2001), physical balance, swallowing, gagging and incontinence (Hammond, 2005c), cerebral palsy (Ayers, 2004), and essential tremor. Neurofeedback is also being utilized in peak performance training, for instance in enhancing musical performance (Egner & Gruzelier, 2002), dance performance (Raymond, Sajid, Parkinson, & Gruzelier, 2005), and with athletes, business executives, and for cognitive and memory enhancement in normal individuals (Hanslmayer, Sauseng, Doppelmayr, Schabus, & Klimesch, 2005;Rasey, Lubar, McIntyre, Zoffuto & Abbott, 1996;Vernon et al, 2003), which has been referred to as "brain brightening" when used to counter the effects of normal aging (Budzynski, 1996).…”