Recent content by gerhei

It's not about the virus, it's just that things take time sometimes. I don't see any benefit in being hyperskeptical.

Well, we have to keep in mind that tinnitus is not a precise predictor for getting those things. It would be also good to look at the study design. I guess that the researchers didn't even differentiate the forms of tinnitus so I guess that the results are not really generalizable. In their...

Hey Tara, I am not a doctor, so I don't want to suggest things a specialist wouldn't suggest. This is just my opinion and I think it will be better for you if you see not an arbitrary audiologist but someone who is specialist in tinnitus. We have to keep in mind that there is a multitude of...

Maybe, maybe not. It's clear that they are the ones who have to prove efficacy. It's just that it does not make any sense to me that the device doesn't work and that they prepare global commercialization at the same time. https://neuronewsinternational.com/lenire-neuromod-tinnitus/ If the...

It may be working for a specific subgroup. I think that this is also what they said, right? If I remember correctly, the claim is that people with hyperacusis benefit more than others.

I am sorry to hear this, Tara, don't let yourself down. I have no hyperacusis, so it is hard for me to compare it to my tinnitus (I thought hyperacusis and tinnitus are two different things, aren't they?). Is the loudness in your environment a possible cause for the onset of the tinnitus? How...

Do you already know what kind of tinnitus you have? Is it caused by hearing loss (measurable in an audiogram)? Can you modulate it when you move certain muscles on your neck/head/jaw?

Also tinnitus that is not caused by hearing loss?

Hey, here are my impressions: Definitely not. I have no overview over the guideline developments in other parts of the world, although I have the impression that recently, some more things are going on in Europe. But maybe I am mistaken. There are huge misperceptions and I am not getting tired...

Hey, in the past months I tried to play around with my muscles on my neck and my back since I can modulate the noise(s) with flexing muscles and moving my chin. I don't want to be too optimistic but I have the impression that a combination of accepting the situation psychologically as a first...

I really don't understand why the fact that there are many different types of tinnitus and, hence, many different types of patient groups, is not paid attention to. Since we know for some decades that tinnitus may have a really large variety of causes, it should be very obvious that there is no...

That would be really nice from you, I would be happy to hear an opinion from a scientist like you. The studies that evaluated the effectiveness of the therapy were carried out by neuroscientists at the Saarland University in Germany.

Are we talking about noisy environments or wearing ear plugs in every situation, also in silent environments? I didn't mean to not protect your ears in general but to avoid complete silence. Of course, ears should always be protected from loud noise.

Oh, really? So why don't you tell us more about the therapy?

First of all, this therapy doesn't deal with distress but "reprograms" the auditory cortex so that the noise becomes quieter a lot. Secondly, an attitude like this is in my opinion really unhelpful because it makes any sort of treatment that doesn't make the tinnitus diappear 100% impossible.