Opportunities for acupuncture in treatment tinnitus

The article is devoted to an actual problem that family doctors, therapists, neurologists and otorhinolaryngologists frequent phenomenon in their practice – tinnitus. The definition of tinnitus is given. The division of ear noise into subjective and objective is considered. The prevalence of this pathology in different countries of Europe and North America is described. Reflects modern views on the etiology and pathophysiological mechanisms of the development of this pathology. The de-finition of acupuncture from the point of view of modern neurophysiology is given. Possibilities of various acupuncture techniques in the treatment of patients with ear noise are presented: corporal and auricular acupuncture, electropuncture. The experience of clinical application of these techniques by researchers in different countries in patients with tinnitus is described, including a comparison of the effectiveness of transauricular stimulation of the vagus nerve and electroauriculo-puncture. The results of a meta-analysis of publications on the use of various types of acupuncture in the treatment of patients with tinnitus for more than ten years are presented; the comparative assessment of the effectiveness of different acupuncture techniques in patients with tinnitus is presented.