Effect of Acupuncture Treatment on Cortical Activation in Patients With Tinnitus: A Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Study

Tinnitus is an auditory phantom percept that affects the perception of sound in the patient’s ears, and the incidence of prolonged tinnitus is as high as ten to fifteen percent. Acupuncture is a unique treatment method in Chinese medicine, and it has great advantages in the treatment of t...

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Main Authors: Xianghua Yu, Bin Gong, Hao Yang, Zheng Wang, Gaowei Qi, Jie Sun, Yu Fang, Xiaoli Fan
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Published: IEEE 2023-01-01
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author Xianghua Yu
Bin Gong
Hao Yang
Zheng Wang
Gaowei Qi
Jie Sun
Yu Fang
Xiaoli Fan
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description Tinnitus is an auditory phantom percept that affects the perception of sound in the patient’s ears, and the incidence of prolonged tinnitus is as high as ten to fifteen percent. Acupuncture is a unique treatment method in Chinese medicine, and it has great advantages in the treatment of tinnitus. However, tinnitus is a subjective symptom of patients, and there is currently no objective detection method to reflect the improvement effect of acupuncture on tinnitus. We used functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) to explore the effect of acupuncture on the cerebral cortex of tinnitus patients. We collected the scores of the tinnitus disorder inventory (THI), tinnitus evaluation questionnaire (TEQ), hamilton anxiety scale (HAMA), and hamilton depression scale (HAMD) of eighteen subjects before and after acupuncture treatment, and the fNIRS signals of these subjects in sound-evoked activity before and after acupuncture treatment. According to the fNIRS detection results of tinnitus patients, acupuncture increased the concentration of oxygenated hemoglobin in the temporal lobe of tinnitus patients, and affected the activation of the auditory cortex. The study may reflect the neural mechanisms of acupuncture treatment for tinnitus and ultimately help to provide an objective evaluation method for the therapeutic effect of acupuncture treatment for tinnitus.
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spelling doaj-art-72f8963c134e4f3990e537481fb00dfe2025-08-20T03:05:29ZengIEEEIEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering1534-43201558-02102023-01-013172973710.1109/TNSRE.2022.323189910004639Effect of Acupuncture Treatment on Cortical Activation in Patients With Tinnitus: A Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy StudyXianghua Yu0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6817-7206Bin Gong1Hao Yang2Zheng Wang3Gaowei Qi4Jie Sun5Yu Fang6https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0971-6860Xiaoli Fan7Institute of Intelligent Equipment and Precision Detection, School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai, ChinaInstitute of Intelligent Equipment and Precision Detection, School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai, ChinaInstitute of Intelligent Equipment and Precision Detection, School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai, ChinaShanghai Songjiang District Central Hospital, Shanghai, ChinaShanghai Songjiang District Central Hospital, Shanghai, ChinaShanghai Songjiang District Central Hospital, Shanghai, ChinaInstitute of Intelligent Equipment and Precision Detection, School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai, ChinaShanghai Songjiang District Central Hospital, Shanghai, ChinaTinnitus is an auditory phantom percept that affects the perception of sound in the patient’s ears, and the incidence of prolonged tinnitus is as high as ten to fifteen percent. Acupuncture is a unique treatment method in Chinese medicine, and it has great advantages in the treatment of tinnitus. However, tinnitus is a subjective symptom of patients, and there is currently no objective detection method to reflect the improvement effect of acupuncture on tinnitus. We used functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) to explore the effect of acupuncture on the cerebral cortex of tinnitus patients. We collected the scores of the tinnitus disorder inventory (THI), tinnitus evaluation questionnaire (TEQ), hamilton anxiety scale (HAMA), and hamilton depression scale (HAMD) of eighteen subjects before and after acupuncture treatment, and the fNIRS signals of these subjects in sound-evoked activity before and after acupuncture treatment. According to the fNIRS detection results of tinnitus patients, acupuncture increased the concentration of oxygenated hemoglobin in the temporal lobe of tinnitus patients, and affected the activation of the auditory cortex. The study may reflect the neural mechanisms of acupuncture treatment for tinnitus and ultimately help to provide an objective evaluation method for the therapeutic effect of acupuncture treatment for tinnitus.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10004639/Functional near-infrared spectroscopytinnitusacupuncturehemodynamic responseauditory stimulation
spellingShingle Xianghua Yu
Bin Gong
Hao Yang
Zheng Wang
Gaowei Qi
Jie Sun
Yu Fang
Xiaoli Fan
Effect of Acupuncture Treatment on Cortical Activation in Patients With Tinnitus: A Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Study
IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering
Functional near-infrared spectroscopy
tinnitus
acupuncture
hemodynamic response
auditory stimulation
title Effect of Acupuncture Treatment on Cortical Activation in Patients With Tinnitus: A Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Study
title_full Effect of Acupuncture Treatment on Cortical Activation in Patients With Tinnitus: A Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Study
title_fullStr Effect of Acupuncture Treatment on Cortical Activation in Patients With Tinnitus: A Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Study
title_full_unstemmed Effect of Acupuncture Treatment on Cortical Activation in Patients With Tinnitus: A Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Study
title_short Effect of Acupuncture Treatment on Cortical Activation in Patients With Tinnitus: A Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Study
title_sort effect of acupuncture treatment on cortical activation in patients with tinnitus a functional near infrared spectroscopy study
topic Functional near-infrared spectroscopy
tinnitus
acupuncture
hemodynamic response
auditory stimulation
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10004639/
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