METHOD FOR TREATING NEUROSENSORY HYPOACUSIS Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: medicine. SUBSTANCE: method involves exposing auricle area to radiation from operator hands. Radiation is composed from infrared radiation in 10-14 mcm bandwidth, extremely high frequency radiation in 8-25 cm bandwidth and alternating electric field up to 10 Hz frequency. Hands are placed 10-15 cm distant from the auricles for 15 min. Immediately or after a 20 min long pause, the region is exposed to radiation with like set of parameter values from a special purpose device. Device electrodes are placed 10- 20 cm away from the floor of the auricles. Te action lasts for 2 to 5 min. The number of procedures is 5-10 daily or each second day. EFFECT: stable therapeutic result; improved blood circulation and functional state of cochlear receptors. 2 cl, 1 dwg