Christidis D, Ince L P, Zaretsky H H, Pitchford L J
Psychosom Med. 1986 Mar-Apr;48(3-4):224-8. doi: 10.1097/00006842-198603000-00007.
Three subjects, presenting a variety of chronic pain problems, were treated with a cross-modality feedback technique. Their presenting pain intensity was matched to a pure tone auditory stimulus decibel level and in each session this stimulus was progressively reduced in loudness, with the subjects having the task of reducing their pain to match each new, lower decibel levels. Audiometric measures, responses to pain assessment scales, self-reports, reports from hospital staff, and reductions in pain medications all demonstrated marked pain reduction in all cases. Follow-up assessments revealed that the improvements were maintained long after treatment had been discontinued.
三名患有各种慢性疼痛问题的受试者接受了一种跨模态反馈技术的治疗。他们当前的疼痛强度与纯音听觉刺激的分贝水平相匹配，并且在每个疗程中，该刺激的响度逐渐降低，受试者的任务是减轻疼痛以匹配每个新的、更低的分贝水平。听力测量、对疼痛评估量表的反应、自我报告、医院工作人员的报告以及止痛药用量的减少均表明，所有病例的疼痛均有显著减轻。随访评估显示，治疗停止后很长时间，改善效果依然持续。
