Can flipping your ears silence the ringing?
NCT ID NCT05710172
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a special earmuff device that swaps sound from your left ear to your right ear and vice versa, called auditory mirror therapy. Researchers wanted to see if this sound-flipping trick could reduce the distress, loudness, and annoyance of chronic tinnitus. 56 adults with tinnitus lasting more than 3 months took part, and the team measured changes using standard tinnitus questionnaires.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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56 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2022
- Finished
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Jan 2026
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 to 80 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Male or Female * Ages 18-80 years old * Chronic Tinnitus (\> 3months) Exclusion Criteria: * Use of hearing aids * No history of significant drug or alcohol use * No history of debilitating neurological or psychiatric illnesses * No current or past history of balance-, vertigo- and/or vestibular- symptoms including Ménières disease
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Charlestown, Massachusetts, 02129, United States
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