Effect of Physical Therapy Exercise Program and Low-Level Laser Therapy on the Treatment of Cervicogenic Somatosensory Tinnitus

Effect of Adding Supervised Physical Therapy Exercise Program to Photobiomodulation Therapy in the Treatment of Cervicogenic Somatosensory Tinnitus: A Randomized Controlled Study

To determine the effectiveness of adding a physical therapy exercise program to low-level laser therapy on the treatment of chronic tinnitus treatment

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age ranged from 45 to 55 years old both sex
• Unilateral tinnitus
• Stable tinnitus for at least 3 months
• suffering from severe chronic non-fluctuating subjective cervicogenic somatic tinnitus (CST)

Exclusion Criteria:

• tinnitus with clear ontological etiologies as perforation of the tympanic membrane
• external otitis media
• conductive hearing loss
• patients with a traumatic cervical spine injury, tumors
• Any history of exposure to ototoxic drugs/substances
• psychotic disorders with auditory hallucination