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Improvement of Tinnitus After Oral Zinc on Patients With Noise-induced Hearing Loss

NCT02951715 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2016-11-01

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Summary

Twenty patients with tinnitus and a typical noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) audiogram were included. Each subject underwent an otoscopic examination, distortion product otoacoustic emissions, tinnitus-match testing, Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI) and serum zinc level analyses. After 2 months of treatment with zinc, all tests were repeated.

Conditions

  • Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced
  • Tinnitus, Noise Induced
  • Zinc Deficiency

Interventions

DRUG

zinc gluconate

2 months of treatment with zinc gluconate (Zinga 78 mg, 10 mg elemental zinc), two tablets twice per day (40 mg per day)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Chang Gung University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • CHIH-YEN CHIEN, Professor · Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-12-31
Primary Completion
2014-12-31
Completion
2014-12-31

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