Electroacupuncture With or Without Combined Warm Needling for Tinnitus

"Electroacupuncture (EA) treatment following standardized procedures will be conducted for 2 sessions per week for 5 consecutive weeks. Each session of treatment will last for 25 min.~The acupoints that will be stimulated are Tinggong (SI19) and Yifeng (TE17) of the affected side, Baihui (GV20) and Yintang (GV24+), bilateral posterior temporal line (MS11), and Zhongzhu (TE3) and Zusanli (ST36) of the affected side.~For electroacupuncture (EA), electrical stimulation will be applied using an EA apparatus, with pairs of electrodes connecting the needles at ipsilateral SI19 and TE17, GV20 and GV24+, and bilateral MS11."

"Electroacupuncture combined with warm needling (EAWN) treatment following standardized procedures will be conducted for 2 sessions per week for 5 consecutive weeks. Each session of treatment will last for 25 min.~The acupoints that will be stimulated are SI19 and TE17 (affected side), GV20 and GV24+, bilateral MS11, and TE3 and ST36 (affected side).~For electroacupuncture (EA), electrical stimulation will be applied using an EA apparatus, with pairs of electrodes connecting the needles at ipsilateral SI19 and TE17, GV20 and GV24+, and bilateral MS11.~For warm needling (WN), two moxa sticks will be ignited and attached one by one to the needle handle of each acupoint of SI19 and TE17."

No treatment will be provided during the 10-week waiting period after baseline assessment.