Therapeutic effects of acupuncture combined with acupoint injection with traditional Chinese medicines on neurosensory deafness

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1002-7386.2016.24.006

Abstract：Objective To observe the therapeutic effects of acupuncture combined with acupoint injection with traditional Chinese medicines on neurosensory deafness .Methods One hundred and fourteen patients ( 142 ears ) were randomly divided into control group ( n =38,46 ears),acupuncture treatment group ( n =38,46 ears) and combination treatment group ( n =38 , 47 ears ) .The patients in the three groups were treated with oral western medicines , simple acupuncture , acupuncture combined with acupoint injection with traditional Chinese medicines , respectively .The hearing threshold improvement effects and clinical curative effects were observed and compared among the three groups , and the influencing factors on clinical curative effects were observed too .Results The average pure tone air conduction audibility threshold and wave V response threshold of auditory brain -stem electric response in combination treatment group were superior to those in the other two groups ( P <0.05 ).The clinical effective rates in combination treatment group were significantly higher than those in the other two groups ( P <0.05).Moreover deafness classification,course of disease and patient’s age were the main influencing factors on clinical curative effects .Conclusion The acupuncture combined with acupoint injection with traditional Chinese medicines has obvious clinical effects on neurosensory deafness , thus, which is suitable for wide application in clinical practice .