Recent content by Joeseph Stope

Jay, I am far from being an expert on this subject, maybe more hysterically accurate than historically accurate. But I seem to recall them being involved in some way, at least on the fringe, in the development of the first cochlear implants. That was certainly a step forward for those whose...

So it is the psychological distress from hearing loss that increases the risk of a heart attack, then.

Maybe I did not express myself clearly. If this AC102 works by mending hearing damage, then it is useful for those with recent noise exposure. However, even for people with chronic tinnitus, where it is much too late to repair damage from years ago, this could still help. If someone with...

First, let me acknowledge that you received two emojis of approval for your post above. But as always, I tend to be the contrarian who wants to argue a point. I would like to highlight the depressing reality that modern city life seems to be getting noisier and noisier as the years go by...

There is some merit in what you say. Back in the 1990s, a story circulated that Ronald Reagan had tinnitus, supposedly from a gunshot. When he was President, he asked some of the top doctors if they could do anything for him. The reply was, “No, Mister President, I’m sorry, we can’t do...

Careful there! You might be causing a lot of people in supervisory positions to go red in the face, or worse. 😬 All those research hours, all that time, effort, and sweat. Just kidding. It’s about time the discussion of “What went wrong, what went right?” made its way down to our level. I’m...

I am bowled over by the depth of your scholarship. My non-medical response would be: “Look and see!” An examination of a dissected cochlea should provide a quick answer, or perhaps someone has already done this at some point, somewhere. There is also the recent innovation of the Optical...

Hello, I am a long-time sufferer of tinnitus and hyperacusis. I was recently exposed to a series of alarms, including a fire, smoke, and shop alarm. Since then, my hyperacusis seems to have become more sensitive to noise, and my tinnitus has settled into a new baseline, you could say a...

Not much luck on my end. His inclusion criteria? All I can find is that he distinguishes whether the first onset of tinnitus was when the patient was younger than 43 or older than 43. Is he trying to show that age-related tinnitus or hearing loss (presbycusis) does not respond to the treatment?

Hang in there, bro. I hope work improves, and I’m praying for a cure or at least something that helps alleviate it. Right now, I always carry a pair of 3M Peltor hearing protection with me. If I see something loud coming, I put them on. I’m not sure if that’s the right thing to do, though.

I took a glance at your introductory post, which says the onset was last summer. Most people seem to improve somewhat after the first few months. Back when I was learning the ropes, they used to say that if you still had it after two years, then it was considered chronic. So there is still hope...

Nail on the head, @Scruffiey! Even before my first tinnitus onset, I had to live with very sensitive hearing. After I developed tinnitus, my hearing sensitivity worsened—hyperacusis or reactive tinnitus, I think it’s called. So, I did my best to live a sheltered life over the years. Recently...

It’s still early days, and it remains to be seen what will come of this new innovation. But experience tells us that when technologies converge, major breakthroughs can happen in how we understand things. I have high hopes that once Bionics Labs begins marketing their apparatus and the Optical...

This OCT technology scanner dates back to 1991. It is unfortunate that it has been widely available in most eye doctors’ offices for routine inspections of glaucoma and macular degeneration for so many years. Yet, thirty-four years later, someone is only now considering adapting it for auditory...

Well, they should restart the process. There is no need for more double blind placebo studies. Take ten random patients. If it works on the first, the second, and so on—curing all ten out of ten, or at least not harming any of them while curing 50 percent—I am sure their stock price would rise...