Acoustic neuroma (vestibular schwannoma) Expand An acoustic neuroma is a type of non-cancerous (benign) brain tumour. It's also known as a vestibular schwannoma. Acoustic neuromas grow on the nerve used for hearing and balance, which can cause problems such as hearing loss and unsteadiness.
Acupuncture Expand Acupuncture is a treatment derived from ancient Chinese medicine. Fine needles are inserted at certain sites in the body for therapeutic or preventative purposes.
Cognitive behavioural therapy Expand A talking therapy that can help people manage problems by changing the way they think and behave. It's most commonly used to treat anxiety and depression, but can be useful for other mental and physical health problems.
Control group Expand A group in an experiment or study that does not receive treatment by the researchers and is then used as a benchmark to measure how the other tested subjects do.
Neurofeedback Expand Neurofeedback is a type of biofeedback that measures brain waves to produce a signal that can be used as feedback to teach self-regulation of brain function.
Physiotherapy Expand Physiotherapy is the treatment of disease, injury, or deformity by physical methods such as massage, heat treatment, and exercise rather than by drugs or surgery.
Placebo Expand An inactive substance or other sham form of therapy administered to a patient usually to compare its effects with those of a real drug or treatment.
Placebo effect Expand A phenomenon in which a placebo can sometimes improve a patient’s condition simply because the person has the expectation that it will be helpful.