Recent content by Canadaman

I don't know about announcements, but just considering it logically - yes, the same drug may work, but they'd need a whole new method of delivery. The vestibular system is even less accessible than the cochlea; getting the drug in there would need some research and possibly invasive surgery from...

Very interesting, can you provide any links?

There's a great discussion thread on Hacker News about hearing loss, started by a guy who suffered serious acoustic trauma from dropping a toilet cistern lid. Aside from the original article, the comments is a gold mine. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16723099 In the thread: Some...

I was also in 72 hours after onset (ENTs are quite accessible in this country) but I only got 30mg of Prednisone and some really bad advice. I try to tell myself that the outcome would probably be the same regardless of what treatment I got. Still, it's frustrating. I actually wanted the MRI...

My ENT told me: There's no point injecting steroids in the ear since you can only inject into the middle ear, not the cochlea where the damage is. Reality: The drug passes from the middle to inner ear through a membrane called the round window. He later gave me the injection, but only after I...

That doesn't actually double your protection. It adds about 5dB of protection vs wearing just one method. For low-frequency sounds, it's less.

When people have hearing loss and tinnitus from otosclerosis (fused ear bones) or ear wax buildup, tinnitus often goes away when the cause of the hearing loss is cured. I read somewhere that in roughly 50% of otoscleroris cases with tinnitus, curing the otosclerosis improved hearing and fixed...

Why doesn't any of this stuff get tested on primates? If it works on a chimp (or even a monkey) it seems very likely it'd work on a human. Oh well. I guess it will get tested on primates - humans - during Frequency's stage 2 trial later this year.

I actually have no issue with hyperacusis, since a possibly psychosomatic and in any case mild version that ended within 2 weeks after tinnitus onset. In fact very loud sounds don't bother me at all at the moment they're happening. That's why I'm prioritizing protection. I'm watching to see if H...

Thanks for the discussion everyone. It was a loud, rainy windy day in the city. Traffic noise splashing by was loud but I think what really got me might have actually been the wind blasting past my head. Strong wind at certain angles makes a really loud noise in the ear; I didn't really...

There is a chance you could get in the phase 2 or phase 3 trials. Phase 3 trials especially, as I understand, tend to be quite large. It'd be great if someone from the forum could get involved.

I had intra-tympanic injection, it doesn't hurt in the slightest.As far as I could tell there is no feeling in the eardrum itself; it's like cutting nails or hair. There's advanced ways of making the hole now using lasers, too, apparently. It heals faster. Intratympanic injection is fine. And...

I really appreciate you coming back to write these updates. Thank you.

My tinnitus seems to spike even just from walking down the street in the city for 15 minutes. It generally seems to take a day or two to reduce to normal. Is is normal for tinnitus to spike this easily? Do I need to wear earplugs all the time even when just walking outside? It's been four...

It reminds me of vision in children. Sometimes a whole school system can end up thinking a child is mentally slow, and then it turns out that he just had bad eyesight. He couldn't read the blackboard, but he had no reference point to realize something wasn't right about his eyes. This is why...