Electroacupuncture combined with auricular acupressure in the treatment of nervous tinnitus

In the group A (75 ears with nervous tinnitus), 30 ears were cured, markedly effective was seen in 21 ears, and effective in 22, and the total effective rate was 97.4%; in the group B (76 ears with nervous tinnitus), 17 ears were cured, markedly effective was seen in 20 ears, and effective in 23, and the total effective rate was 79.0%. The total effective rate in the group A was obviously superior to that in the group B, and the difference between the two groups was statistically significant (P<0.05). Compared before the treatment, the score of tinnitus severity both reduced in two groups (both P<0.05), and the reducing amplitude of score in the group A was greater than that in the group B (P<0.05). Conclusion Electroacupuncture combined with auricular acupressure in treatment of nervous tinnitus is worthy of clinical promotion and application since it has significant efficacy, which is obviously superior to drug therapy, and without adverse effect.