The French-speaking Association of Multidisciplinary Teams in Acouphenology (Afrépa) has chosen to organize its congress during the WCA, replacing its annual conference, the president of Afrépa also being the organizer of the WCA. After an opening from Marie-José Esteve-Fraysse, vice-president of Afrépa, several scientific sessions took place, including the result of a study on the effect of sound therapies on tinnitus.
Nathalie Bloch-Sitbon, published October 19, 2024
The central theme of this somewhat special edition of the Afrépa congress, focused on diagnostic and therapeutic innovation, personalized medicine and translational research, was intended to highlight the latest advances in the field of tinnitus by giving the world experts in tinnitus and hyperacusis have their say. Among these themes, we find the neural correlates of tinnitus, multimodal plasticity, the management of rhythmic and pulsatile tinnitus, sound therapies, therapeutic innovations as well as cognitive approaches. The results of a study on sound therapy The Afrépa day was an opportunity to present the results of an independent study, started in 2020, on the use of sound therapy for mild deafness with disabling tinnitus. Six centers participated, and the study included 145 patients. Three groups…
