Table 2.

Subjects Who Had Improvement After Electroacupuncture

					Improvement after acupuncture (%)
Subject	Age (in years)	Sex	Hearing	# of maneuvers with a change in tinnitus responses	I	II	III
1a	19	M	Normal	6↑	60.0	60.0	60.0
2b	51	F	Normal	2↑	33.3	33.3	33.3
3a	41	M	Loss	Nil	0	0	25.0
4a	43	M	Normal	5↓, 6↑,	0	25.0	25.0
5a	64	F	Loss	Nil	0	0	16.7
6a	52	F	Normal	Nil	16.7	33.3	50.0
7b	59	M	Loss	Nil	28.6	28.6	28.6
8a	45	F	Normal	2↓, 5↑	16.7	16.7	25.0
9a	61	M	Normal	Nil	50.0	50.0	75.0
10a	52	F	Normal	8↓	16.7	16.7	16.7
11a	60	F	Loss	9↓	33.3	33.3	33.3
12a	48	F	Normal	1↑	16.7	16.7	16.7

^aAcupuncturist A.

^bAcupuncturist B.

↓ = decrease; ↑ = increase in loudness of tinnitus in response to a somatic maneuver.

I = conclusion of acupuncture; II = 30 minutes after acupuncture; III = 1 day after acupuncture.

M, male; F, female.