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@Bhaveen posted it upthread.

The difference appears to be the use of ultrasound to better target the stellate ganglion. I am not sure what treatment was offered in Korea. Can you provide a link? Looking back through the forums, it seems that the few people who have tried this may not have received the injection from...

You only get one chance to launch a new product. I have been at five startups, and we always wished we could take more time to get things right before launching. However, investors often pushed for an early release. The long-term cost to the business of losing a couple of years of revenue is...

The results seem impressive to me. There were 80 participants, and 100% showed improvement. The results were statistically significant compared to the control group, which received a standard Lidocaine injection. The average THI score dropped from around 63 to about 38, which means a shift...

Why do we think this could help people with tinnitus? It appears that the treatment is expected to benefit individuals with Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss (SSHL). Are we expecting it to help those who have tinnitus as a result of SSHL?

OpenComm AfterShokz bone conduction headphones are unsafe for a couple of reasons. I detailed here how they damaged my hearing.

This is a great idea. Many potential rescue interventions have a limited window of efficacy (e.g., NAC, oral and intratympanic steroids, HBOT), yet so few doctors are aware of them. Providing people with this information could help them access the right treatment in time. I’d be happy to help...

I damaged my left ear in Oct '24 from a concert, which gave me unilateral tinnitus. Since then, I've diligently protected my hearing, and my audiogram has been stable for over a year. I have been using the Aftershokz Opencomm bone conduction headphones for work calls. I only use the right-side...

Oh man, I’m so sorry to hear that. For what it’s worth, everything I’ve read and heard from ENTs suggests that these steroid injections are very safe. There’s no way you could have known in advance that there was any chance they might make things worse.

@Jambo, may I ask why you decided to take oral steroids and get a steroid injection if you had no acoustic trauma and relatively stable tinnitus? What led you to seek those treatments?

I’ve heard that intratympanic steroid injections can help reduce the risk of permanent hearing loss and tinnitus after acoustic trauma. Unfortunately, I learned this too late after my first acoustic trauma a year ago, but I just suffered another one. Now, I can’t get anyone to evaluate whether...

Wondering what people recommend as a “rescue” protocol after noise exposure to reduce hearing loss and tinnitus. I use NAC. Do people recommend steroids? If so, which ones? Is there anything else that might help? I’ve had severe unilateral tinnitus for over a year and use a headset on my...

@Quiet please, I can confirm that Mindbloom is reputable. The single lozenge is a strong dose, so be prepared—make sure you are lying down and do not need to do anything for a while. It has not had any effect on tinnitus from acoustic trauma.

I use the OpenComm2 AfterShokz for work calls and sometimes to play cricket or cicada sounds to keep myself from going crazy. It is subjective, but it just feels better not having the sound source directly in my ear. So, I quite like them. However, the system sounds—like the beeps when you...

I don’t think that’s true; it depends on the case. I had mild tinnitus before an acoustic trauma gave me severe, louder-than-everything, constant tinnitus. I think it’s great that some people can habituate and move on, but I don’t think I can ever habituate to mine at the level it is now. Could...

I developed persistent, louder-than-everything tinnitus in October 2023. I was extremely distraught and often considered suicide. One year later, it hasn’t faded in volume at all, and I haven’t habituated. But I want to tell you that the fear and anxiety have dropped dramatically. I know it’s...

@linearb, yes, it was a seven-day Vipassana. I try to do one each year. This was my first time with tinnitus, which made the experience more challenging, but it was still just as rewarding. Thanks for the book recommendation! I’ll check it out.

Or set up a Google alert for tinnitus "auricle" You'll also get any news articles or information from 3rd party sources.

@linearb, Your paragraph about your neuromuscular problems being caused by subconscious guarding was really interesting to me. How did you realize that this was happening to you? I think I might be experiencing something similar, but I never had the words to describe it until now. I attend...

In the US, investing in a pre-IPO company typically requires being an Accredited Investor, which involves meeting certain income or net worth criteria. A straightforward approach might be to determine how many of us are interested in investing and calculate the total amount we could contribute...

I’ll focus on the positive side! They hired a new mechanical engineer last year, and Dr. Shore gave a public talk about the research that led to the development of the device. Although they are unwilling to share details about their planned FDA submission—which is disappointing—I still see these...

@BadNeighbors, it is likely that Innovation Partnership is no longer the sole investor at this point. It seems Auricle was trying to attract additional investment back in 2021, based on this video: Who knows how successful they were, but it is quite possible that they now have more investors...

I’ve had severe tinnitus for a little over a year due to noise trauma. It has always been consistent, with only mild day-to-day fluctuations. These changes are usually influenced by factors like lack of sleep or excessive exercise—either one might make it a little louder the next day. Today...

@Justwaitinchilin, you seem to be one of the only people here who has found a cure for tinnitus. Could you share more details? How does someone go about finding a doctor who can explore this possibility?

Is this the doctor?

I think it's entirely possible Auricle could speed up the release of their product by spending more money on staff than they have. I'm not saying they are going the "speed of light." I'm just saying there is no reason to think they have given up on the device. They are just being frugal with...

The timelines you mentioned seem accurate for an individual hobbyist, but that doesn't mean they would work for a privately funded company. For example: Many people can build a website in days, but that doesn't mean they are ready to launch Reddit. Many people could build a heart-monitoring...

@Vadimus, what industry operates with those kinds of timelines? My career has been in Silicon Valley hardware and software startups, where the general rule of thumb is that it takes an average of ten years to go from Series A funding to an IPO. And that's for companies that don't have a...

There seems to be a lot of doom and gloom in this thread about Auricle failing to deliver the device. I just wanted to point out this post: From their LinkedIn activity, it appears they hired this person in August. It seems very likely they decided to make some changes to the device, either...

I don’t have much hearing loss, so I was mostly interested in these for hearing protection (via Adaptive Transparency) and the background sounds. They do accept your audiogram and claim to provide frequency boosting similar to a hearing aid. However, if I had significant hearing loss, I might...

When you reduce external sounds like that, your tinnitus can seem much louder. I’ve been using the new Apple AirPods for hearing protection whenever possible. They provide hearing protection with audio pass-through, which limits the number of decibels reaching your ears while still allowing you...

Anecdotally, I can report that Psilocybin has no effect on my tinnitus but I've never done a "heroic dose." I've tried Ketamine (full dissasociative dose) and found it had no effect either.

Finally got my device from NYU Langone! It was custom-made to position the anode and cathode over the appropriate brain region. I did my first session with them this morning, which lasted 20 minutes. They suggested that I play my tinnitus tone at a low volume during the treatment. This isn't...

Thank you for the response, @Henry Orlando FL. I’m very interested to hear if anyone with constant, unmaskable tinnitus has used this method successfully. If so, how did you approach noting your response to tinnitus that doesn’t come and go but is instead constant? Did you make just one note...

Henry, thanks for the response. This approach feels very familiar from my experience with meditation. In Anapanasati meditation, the focus is on the breath, and you note each time your attention drifts from it. This practice is quite similar. I go about my day and note whenever my attention...

I have a similar question as @Francesco. My tinnitus is constant, and the only thing that masks it is the sound of the shower. So, I’m pretty much always hearing it. My attention shifts from what I’m doing (watching TV, talking to someone, typing this response) back to my tinnitus about every 10...

I've been trying out the AirPods Pro 2 with Apple's Hearing Protection and Assistance features, and I have to say, it's an excellent product for anyone with hearing damage and tinnitus. This is the only product I've encountered that provides all these functions in one: Hearing Protection...

It’s great to see another clinical trial starting! However, I’m curious about one of the inclusion criteria: “Suffering from subjective idiopathic tinnitus.” Does this mean that if you know the cause of your tinnitus, such as noise exposure, you’re ineligible?

This is pretty exciting: https://www.apple.com/airpods-pro/hearing-health/ Apple is releasing earbuds that double as clinical-grade hearing aids. They offer hearing protection, sound amplification, and background noise control. This seems like a great product for tinnitus sufferers. I currently...

I think it's white noise passed through two band-pass filters: one at the tinnitus frequency and one at the hearing loss frequency. Then, somehow, they are mixed back together to create one sound. I'm not an audio engineer, but I dabble. So I guess we would need to find out from the study: How...

The study follows a specific protocol for generating sound using white noise, which is then processed through two band-pass filters: one for the tinnitus frequency and another for the hearing loss frequencies. You would need someone with audio engineering skills to create this type of sound. I...

Reading the paper, it seemed like creating a specific sound for each person is somewhat of an audio engineering challenge. It requires various filters and audio mixing techniques. I’d be very interested in trying this at home, but I’m not sure my relatively basic audio engineering skills are up...

From what I have read, MDMA is not a good candidate for microdosing. Unlike other hallucinogens, such as mushrooms or LSD, MDMA has no noticeable effect until it reaches a certain threshold dose, at which point it produces a significant impact. In contrast, very low doses of LSD or mushrooms...

I see this place in Germany is still offering TMS as a treatment. Has anyone tried it? Does anyone know of a comparable option available Stateside?

After doing some investigation, it looks like there may be one hearing aid that does Notch Therapy on audio passthrough: https://www.signia.net/en-us/tinnitus/therapy/ Has anyone tried this?

There seems to be some confusion in this thread about what Notch Therapy actually is. As I understand it, the core concept involves reducing the volume of the audio signal reaching your ear, but only for the frequencies around your tinnitus. For example, my tinnitus is around 4300 Hz. To apply...

Is it just me, or does this study seem poorly designed? There's no control group, a small sample size, and the outcome measures are subjective. It seems like it would have been useful to at least modify the regimen for different subsets of participants. For example, Group A could follow the...

I've done the initial consultation. It was via Zoom and cost $250. They have not treated tinnitus before, but they are familiar with the studies and are willing to try it with me. I'm currently in the process of ordering the headset from them. It's all virtual. I am on the US West Coast, which...

It sounds like you can just buy a device, strap it to your head, and zap yourself. But I'm personally a little wary of doing that with as little medical knowledge as I have. I found this program. I'm doing a screening call with them later in the month. They lease you a device and walk you...

UMich has a program called Innovation Partnerships, which helps researchers take their products to market. Auricle is a part of that program. I can't find a link now, but I know that one of the delays in bringing the product to market was working out the investment agreement with UMich in the...

Thanks! Where did you pull that from? I would like to see more of a side view of (b).

Yes, I still get tickling and the occasional ache inside my ear canal. I wonder if it is the cochlea slowly healing over time? It feels like it could be. I did a pretty extensive HBOT, and like anything else, it's so hard to say if it helped. I don't know if I'd be worse today without it. I...

I'd be willing to try Oasis Pro. Does anyone know if it's possible to determine where exactly they placed the electrode? Is there a more detailed paper available somewhere?

I was diagnosed with "otitis media with effusion" (which just means fluid behind the ear drums) after my acoustic trauma. The doctor absolutely misdiagnosed it first as an ear infection and then a sinus infection. I later saw an ENT who told me that acoustic trauma can definitely cause fluid...

I have severe unilateral tinnitus from acoustic trauma, which started about 10 months back. I often feel a dull ache in my ear canal, about an inch in. It usually corresponds with tinnitus spikes. It's unrelated to noise, so I don't think I have what folks call hyperacusis or noxacusis. Does...

Dr. Shore was asked this question in the Q&A (about whether she thought continued use beyond the 6-week duration the study tested would provide continued reduction). She said she didn't know, but the study showed a downward trend during the whole duration, and she hazarded a guess such a trend...

During the webinar, Dr. Shore shared that a 7-ms delay between the somatic and electrical stimulus would excite the neurons, whereas a 10-ms delay would depress them (depressing is what you want for tinnitus). I'm not sure I have those numbers exactly right, but they were in that range. I was...

Sorry for the necropost, but I was going through this thread and saw your post. Have you considered using bone-conduction headphones like the OpenComms? What is great about these is that you can wear regular earplugs and still hear the white noise (because the sound is generated through the...