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CBT is currently the best option available for managing tinnitus, but in absolute terms, its effectiveness is quite limited. Practitioners who claim otherwise are being dishonest and, I suspect, are attempting to protect their business models. For example, Hubbard asserts that CBT’s...

I want to weigh in on Bruce Hubbard's course. I also took his self-guided course. I enrolled in the course at a point when I was really struggling with tinnitus due to other events. My two cents echo @Cmspgran's thoughts: The course mainly consists of rehashing the same themes you find online...

I want to give everyone who might wish to try Neosensory's Duo a heads up about their pricing. The pricing on the website is not immediately obvious. At first glance, the listed price looks like $249 for two months. Moreover, so says the FAQ, you can keep the device after paying for an...

@PeterPan The report is a great piece of work. It shows dedication to bring us the information we need but are not getting from Neuromod. I am truly grateful for your efforts. It is even difficult for me to express how much I appreciate what you are doing (and how sad it is this needs to be...

Are you sure? It seems he just has 2 jobs now. His job at Neuromod doesn't have an end date: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hubert-lim-profile

In response to your question: I had an ENT telling me that you need to wear hearing aids for at least 6 months to begin noticing a difference. I am currently wearing a hearing aid in my left, tinnitus, ear. I have mild to absent tinnitus due to noise exposure. One ENT did some tests and told me...

4000 euro is absurd. And I'll tell you why. I've looked at the data for TENT-A2, arm 1. These are the most impressive results so far. For the people who were able to look at Humbert Lim's presentation: right graph, slide 26. I digitized the data points and looked at the effect of the device as...

I've looked at the data in the presentation of Hubert Lim (linked above). I think the data is very promising. I am just a bit worried that they did not include a control group. There was no 'sham treatment' like in Dr. Shore's paper. In the first trial, the arm 3 was denoted as 'orthogonal'...

I have a question about the Q&A. I could post it in the thread about that but I've got the feeling that attention has shifted to this thread. Here goes. The first question asked in the Q&A is why the device was pulled in 2015. The answer is 'because we wanted to focus resources on running...

Is that a euphemism for something?

Is anybody here planning on attending one of Neuromod's planned conference talks? There are a few of them coming up in North America.

You are the hero we need but not deserve.

This might be a stupid question. But are people here still sending them emails/calling them to ask about the release date? I've started writing an email about 5 times now but I've never sent it as I assumed that it would just be one of the many. And I would hear from someone here if they'd...

Yep. I wish I could click the 'agree' button more than once on this one. Neuromod: talk to us. We're all ears. And we will be your greatest advocates... if this thing works.

Sorry. My bad. I called the videos 'hidden' as someone above did so. You're right: they are not hidden per se. But they are also not linked on the website. So, maybe they are meant for internal use (and someone forgot to mark them as such in YouTube?). I don't know. All I am saying is that the...

We have to be careful with these hidden videos. They might have been uploaded for a particular reason. For example, as example testimonials of less successful cases to be used during talks. I can easily see a presenter weave these into a presentation.

You bring up a good point, I think. However, I would argue that they do not need to convince competitors but health care systems and insurance companies. This might require larger trials. Also, I don't necessarily think they don't have (good) faith in the device. Chinese rip-offs often work...

It almost seems like they assume that however they treat us, we will be buying their toy anyway. ;) Anyway, I also keep losing faith. Somewhere somebody wrote that "as soon as this hits the market, there will be Chinese rip-offs coming out." Well, the more I think about this, the more I belief...

Yes, I can also see your point. Good to be able to disagree without shouting at each other in this age of the internet :).

I respectfully disagree. The answers were vague and circumventing the core questions many of us have. Just look at the size of this thread.

(y) I couldn't agree more if I tried. Somewhere higher up I compared their strategy to that of Apple hyping the release of the next iPhone. Also, if they feel pestered, there is an easy remedy: communication.

Sorry, but I do not agree. By posting videos of success stories, they feed the expectations. You can't speak and not expect a dialog to ensue.

Who else is crossing their fingers that this will be released in the upcoming Tinnitus Week?

Rereading my post, I realize that it was slightly ambiguous. When I say 'the interview could have been compressed', I meant that, at times, the interviewee seemed to use a lot of words to convey very little information. This has absolutely nothing to do with the interviewer, the editing or...

Sorry. But I must say I disagree. Of course, there might be bumps. However, Neuromod is actively hyping this already by posting videos of recovered patients. And by suggesting a possible release date. If we are antsy, it's because of their communication. So far, the only thing I've seen...

With 4 patients with sufficient improvement to be put on the website ;)

The future will tell, of course, and I can be wrong. But I do not think that a few presentations and clips on their website will be sufficient for audiologists to start offering it to their patients. This is a new type of technology, not an improved hearing aid. If they aren't already making an...

For those who missed in the Q&A thread: It seems January is out of the question. How can you not have a ballpark idea but mention 'soon' in the same sentence?

That's very interesting. It seems that almost all studies finding an effect of Ginkgo are by German researchers. There was also a study reporting that German doctors prescribe ginkgo more often and they think it's more effective than doctors from other countries. I'm on mobile. Otherwise I'd...

@Clare B, First: A huge thank you for being so patient and responsive on this forum. I guess you could just as easily walk away and leave this whole tinnitus thing in the past. Your commitment to answering questions from us who are still in this is much appreciated. From the Q&A I gather...

I see what your're saying. However, Neuromod will have to push this thing to market actively. In the Q&A they specifically noted that the device would have to be set-up by an audiologist. Therefore, these people will need to be familiarized with the device before it can even roll out and be...

This is right. If Neuromod were on the verge of releasing this, I expect health professionals to be aware of this. Are there any Irish people here who have asked their doctors whether they know this is coming?

I want to agree. However, think about this from Neuromod's perspective: they have no way of knowing for sure whether audiologists and patients will pick this device up in the long run. There are at least two reasons for concern on their part: Sure, they (say to) have some positive results in a...

I'm getting a bit fed up with Neuromod. Their whole communication strategy resembles the way Apple, or any other tech company, tries to hype a product before its release. Rumours, whispers: it's all we have. How hard can it be for Neuromod to: Communicate a release date? Communicate a release...

Hi all My tinnitus is relatively moderate. It's a slight hiss I should be able to ignore easily. However, sometimes I can't ignore it, and it drives me up the wall knowing it's there. I have an appointment with an ENT again soon. I was wondering whether I could ask him about medications that...

Yes. Exactly. This thing doesn't behave like any injury I've had in the past. How's your's behaving?

I got tinnitus about seven months ago after an acoustic trauma. The first few months it was almost always there: either a hiss or a tone. Since about a month or two, I had days where it's completely silent. Sometimes as many as 3 in a row. And then it comes back. As much as I appreciate the...

I was wondering whether anybody has used (or has suggestions for) small in-ear noise generators that can be used to mask tinnitus. My tinnitus is rather quiet but variable. This makes it difficult to get used to it. I think that a noise generator which produces a constant hiss would make my...

In the meantime I asked a doctor about it. He said it's probably a eustachian tube 'thingy'. That's plausible but the link with my tinnitus keeps bothering me.

The same with me. I got it in March. From a constant bother is now down to 70% of silence. What I do still have constantly is a hissing, buzzing sound or feeling in my head when going to bed and when waking up. That happens every day. However, it tends to settle down after a shower and some...

I have mild tinnitus in my left ear that started after acoustic trauma. Recently, I have noticed that I can make my left ear crackle. By this I mean, I can produce a crackling sound I hear in my left ear. I can not do this on the right side. Unfortunately, I do not know for sure how I do it. I...

Thank you very much. I should have run a search myself. Stupid me.

As the title says. I'm looking for some recommendations on who to see in or around Cincinnati. I'd appreciate any personal experiences you could share.

The paper below (Zenner) explicitly lists different locations for the origion of tinnitus - the author describes Conductive tinnitus as tinnitus originating in the middle ear. He lists these as examples of middle ear problems leading to tinnitus: Disturbance of tubal ventilation, middle ear...

I think that's a sensible assessment. However, I've been tested twice, also to 14khz. I'll be seeing an audiologist as well. It is my understanding this will be a 90 minute visit. I hope to be able to get a more in depth assessment than from my ENT. If this results in any insight, I'll report...

I had my hearing checked up to 14 kHz. Up to 8 kHz, my hearing was in the normal range (about -10 dB). However, at 14 kHz, the audiometrist found about - 50 dB in both ears. Nevertheless, she wrote down a note in my file saying "high-frequency hearing OK." However, my ENT said the values...

I have had tinnitus for about four weeks now. Mine started after working with some machinery. For a few days, my both ears were hissing. Then it stopped in the left. Now it's only the right. Of course, my first thought was that I had damaged my hearing. However, the hearing test(s) came back ok...