Case Report: Low-Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex and Auditory Cortex in a Patient With Tinnitus and Depression

Chun-Hung Chang; Wen-Lung Wang; Yu-Hui Shieh; Han-Yuan Peng; Chen-Syuan Ho; Hsin-Chi Tsai

doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2022.847618

Case Report: Low-Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex and Auditory Cortex in a Patient With Tinnitus and Depression

Front Psychiatry. 2022 Mar 9:13:847618. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.847618. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Chun-Hung Chang^{1

2

3}, Wen-Lung Wang¹, Yu-Hui Shieh¹, Han-Yuan Peng¹, Chen-Syuan Ho¹, Hsin-Chi Tsai^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ An Nan Hospital, China Medical University, Tainan, Taiwan.
² Institute of Clinical Medical Science, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
³ Department of Psychiatry and Brain Disease Research Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, Tzu-Chi General Hospital, Hualien City, Taiwan.
⁵ Institute of Medical Sciences, Tzu Chi University, Hualien City, Taiwan.

Abstract

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has been widely used as a promising therapy for tinnitus. However, the exact target and stimulation sequence of rTMS that is most effective for treating tinnitus remains unclear. Here, we report a case of a 62-year-old man with treatment-refractory tinnitus and depression whose symptoms markedly improved after undergoing low-frequency rTMS over the right-side dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and left auditory cortex area. Our report indicates that low-frequency rTMS treatment that stimulates multiple brain regions sequentially is feasible and may clinically benefit patients with tinnitus and depression.

Keywords: depression; low frequency; prefrontal cortex; tinnitus; transcranial magnetic stimulation.

Publication types

Case Reports