The Effect of Physiotherapy on Cervicogenic Somatic Tinnitus

Evaluation of the Effect of Cervical Spine Treatment in Tinnitus Patients

The purpose of this study is to determine whether physiotherapy is effective in the treatment of a group of tinnitus patients with neck complaints.

Inclusion Criteria:

• severe chronic non-fluctuating subjective cervicogenic somatic tinnitus, which has been stable for at least three months, combined with neck complaints

Exclusion Criteria:

• objective tinnitus
• subjective tinnitus with etiologies, such as hearing loss or Meniere's disease, severe depression (> 19 on the Beck depression questionnaire)
• progressive middle ear pathology
• intracranial pathology
• traumatic cervical spine injury
• tumors
• cervical spine surgery
• any cervical spine condition in which physical therapy treatment is contra- indicated
• received physical therapy treatment directed to the cervical spine in the past 2 months