Focused low-intensity hippocampal transcranial ultrasound stimulation (TUS) for sleep disturbances in patients with chronic tinnitus: A study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial

• Xi Ni,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

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• Yuk Shan Yuen,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

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• Zeyan Li,

  Roles Methodology, Software

  Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

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• Kaipeng Wang,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

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• Natalie Shu Yang,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

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• Yi Yuan,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Electrical Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, China, Key Laboratory of Intelligent Rehabilitation and Neuromodulation of Hebei Province, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, China

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• Lin Meng,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Academy of Medical Engineering and Translational Medicine, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China

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• Liwei Guo,

  Roles Methodology, Software

  Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Hanna Lu

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hannalu@cuhk.edu.hk

  Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9090-258X

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