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Abbreviations

CE:

Conformity mark in the European economic market

DACS:

Direct acoustical cochlear stimulation

FDA:

Food and Drug Administration

FMT:

Floating mass transducer

MET:

Middle ear transducer

SR:

Stochastic resonance

TBF:

Tinnitus Beinträchtigungs Fragebogen (engl: tinnitus handicap inventory)

THI:

Tinnitus handicap inventory

TRI:

Tinnitus Research Initiative

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  1. Otolaryngology Department of Klinikum Traunstein, Maxplatz 5, D-83278, Traumstein, Germany

    Eberhard Biesinger

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  1. School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, USAUSA

    Aage R. Møller

  2. Department of Psychiatry Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

    Berthold Langguth

  3. BRAI2N/TRI Tinnitus Clinic and Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Antwerp, Wilrijkstraat 10, 2650, Edegem, Belgium

    Dirk De Ridder

  4. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

    Tobias Kleinjung

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Biesinger, E., Mazzoli, M. (2011). Middle Ear Implantable Devices in Tinnitus Treatment. In: Møller, A.R., Langguth, B., De Ridder, D., Kleinjung, T. (eds) Textbook of Tinnitus. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-145-5_76

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