All Treatments in Tinnitus Are Experimental, Controversial, and Futuristic: A Comment on "Experimental, Controversial, and Futuristic Treatments for Chronic Tinnitus" by Folmer et al (2014).

DE RIDDER D; VANNESTE S; ELGOYHEN AB; LANGGUTH B; DE NORA M

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF AUDIOLOGY

AMER ACAD AUDIOLOGY

Año: 2015 vol. 26 p. 595 - 597

1050-0545

With interest we read the paper entitled ?Experimen-tal, Controversial, and Futuristic Treatments for ChronicTinnitus? (Folmer et al, 2014). The authors state that thearticle is not meant to be an exhaustive review but that?the article reflects the authors? professional biases andprerogatives.? This is a very correct and realistic ap-proach because today there are no available treatmentsfor tinnitus that are not experimental, controversial, andfuturistic, if evidence-based medicine is considered asthe golden standard for making the distinction betweenestablished, noncontroversial, generally accepted treat-ments and ?experimental, controversial, and futuristicapproaches.? H