Recent content by BadNeighbors

Let's see how things play out over the next month. It seems those who will be fired will likely get their notice in the next two weeks. The FDA needed reform, but whether this is the reform it needed is another question. What I would like to see is for the groups that act as our lobbying...

Look, we are all suffering from tinnitus. There is no reason to come here looking for political arguments. When I visit this thread, it usually means my tinnitus is acting up and I am looking for updates or a bit of hope. I am not here to read anyone’s interpretation of what is happening with...

I’m not sure what to make of all this, but it does give me hope that your tinnitus changed, even if it didn’t last. Maybe these treatments just take time to take effect, or maybe researchers are getting closer to a breakthrough. Either way, some positive news is better than none.

The news does not look good for us. I do not understand how this device can make it through the FDA when there is no one there to review it. Of all the departments to cut, why this one? Is this revenge against an agency vetting Neuralink’s claims and safety? We all know the FDA needs...

I wonder if we can still get in on the ground floor, either as individuals or as a group. It would be an interesting silver lining to all our suffering if we could reap the rewards of investing in this device early on. Could we form an LLC or another type of legal entity, buy shares within that...

I still believe that since the University of Michigan owns the patent for this device, their Innovation Partnership might be leading efforts to bring it to market. However, I worry that, like many university departments, the University of Michigan’s Innovation Partnership is severely...

With proper funding and attention, I am confident we could be much further along in finding something to alleviate the agony of this constant ringing. Despite the fact that many important, wealthy, or famous individuals also suffer from tinnitus, like Tim Walz, William Shatner, and numerous...

Is there any way we can get both parties to at least mention tinnitus during this election? Should we hire a lobbyist? Organize a special interest group? :D Tim Walz has tinnitus and Vance has to know people who have it. How do we get them to fight about who wants to help us more? How do we get...

Who is benefitting from the device not being released? Big Audiology doesn't want Auricle to succeed because they'll have too many customers. The US government likes paying over a billion in disability checks to veterans because no politician can think of any pork spending they'd rather spend...

It would be cool if something so simple could help alleviate our symptoms. I hope each of these treatments gets us a few decibels lower each time. None of these treatments have to be perfect; they all need to make a dent until our ears eventually return to something normal. In the links you...

I don't think it is going to be grifter copy-cats that do anything to improve our situation, but if Dr. Shore's device can actually alleviate our issue on some meaningful level, I think there will be a lot of other smart people who will try to improve upon her ideas. If her device works, I'd...

I'm not sure I see the relationship between this ALS drug and our hopes for Auricle to move quickly. The ALS drug had bad data and the FDA responded by saying, "your data is bad, it doesn't support your conclusions, and we won't be approving this garbage." This ALS drug sounds like Lenire, not...

Unfortunately, "nearly" can mean anything depending on the context. I'd imagine nearly ready in the medical device context is a couple of years away, even though we all want it to mean a couple of months. A product I'm working is "nearly ready" to be launched to the public. We promised...

Even if this only undid the noise for 2 hours at a time, it'd be great to have a few hours of quiet each day.

As a former academic, I don't see any overtly negative issues with Dr. Shore's switch of University of Michigan to University of California, Irvine. If anything, it shows me Dr. Shore is a big deal in her field. UC Irvine is not an easy place to find a position. Not only is it an R1 university...