Laryngoscope. 1975 Dec; 85(12 pt 1): 2047-54.

Audiological evaluation following acupuncture for hearing loss.

Davis JM, Krapp DE, Wilder ML, Lawrence CF.

Six patients, diagnosed as having bilateral, sensori-neural hearing losses received audiological evaluations before and after acupuncture treatments. A comparison of mean pre- and post-treatment pure tone air conduction and speech reception thresholds indicated no significant improvement with respect to auditory acuity. Although most threshold shifts were within a +/- 5 db clinical error envelope, there was a general tendency for poorer hearing levels.