Sensorineural hearing loss induced by noise or ototoxic drug exposure reduces the neural
activity transmitted from the cochlea to the central auditory system. Despite a reduced …

The prevalence and cost of chronic pain is a major physical and mental health care problem
in the United States today. As a result, there has been a recent explosion of research on …

Phantom pain refers to pain in a body part that has been amputated or deafferented. It has
often been viewed as a type of mental disorder or has been assumed to stem from …

Injuries to the peripheral nerves result in partial or total loss of motor, sensory and autonomic
functions conveyed by the lesioned nerves to the denervated segments of the body, due to …

Phantom-limb pain is a common sequela of amputation, occurring in up to 80% of people
who undergo the procedure. It must be differentiated from non-painful phantom phenomena …

Chronic pain is a demoralizing situation that confronts the sufferer not only with the stress
created by pain but with many other ongoing difficulties that compromise all aspects of his or …

Past evidence has shown that motor cortical stimulation with invasive and non-invasive
brain stimulation is effective to relieve central pain. Here we aimed to study the effects of …

Evidence indicates that user acceptance of modern artificial limbs by amputees would be
significantly enhanced by a system that provides appropriate, graded, distally referred …

This paper presents an approach to rehabilitation of pain patients. The fundamental
principles of the approach are (i) pain is an output of the brain that is produced whenever the …

The prevalence of phantom limb pain is reported to be as high as 85%. In most amputees,
the frequency and intensity of pain attacks decrease over the years; however, approximately …