Effects of Auditory Neuro-feedback Training on Chronic Pain Patient

Abstract

In this study, we focus on the ability to recognize pain perceptions and thoughts and the ability to self-regulate cranial nerve activity occurring in the brain by selfintrospection, and examined the effects of auditory neuro-feedback training (hereinafter referred to as NFBT) affects chronic pain patient. The case was a male who suffered from cervical spinal cord injury and chronic pain appeared around the shoulder joint. In this study, ABA method was used, we conducted control training of α waves using auditory feedback for phase B and did not give auditory feedback at phase A. As a result, the bodily perception sense and the catastrophic thought of pain improved, and the effect was confirmed even after the completion of training. These findings suggested that auditory NFBT for chronic pain may be effective not only to improve biasedness and distortion of pain perception but also to improve physical perception abnormality.