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    The Day My Life Changed

    I would echo that patience is key. It may seem hard to believe but over time the greatest likelihood is that you will adapt. I'm willing to bet in a year you won't be on this forum except to offer others comfort. Keep the faith and protect your ears! I carry ety plugs everywhere I go and I...
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    Don't Give Up...

    I had horrible tinnitus starting about 9 months ago stemming from hearing loss of one frequency in my right ear and probably damage to both ears at a loud concert (which I was wearing earplugs at! the bass was so loud the plugs didn't help). It got a little better three months in, then got MUCH...
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    New and Confused

    By the way, I posted this a while back and I still agree with myself. https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/the-importance-of-ignoring-tinnitus.13213/
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    New and Confused

    I'm sure many people will have advice for you, but one thing I will say is: you in all likelihood WILL get better over time. One thing you'll notice on this group is that many people post and then weeks or months later are never heard from again on this board. The reason is their tinnitus...
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    The Importance of Ignoring Tinnitus

    I suppose this is self-evident to many people, but I have found that doing everything I can to focus my brain on the visual and auditory stimulation independent of tinnitus has resulted in some real improvements. I wonder if even reading forums like this is a bad idea. I certainly think that the...
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    Taurine and Tinnitus

    So far, Taurine seems to really be helping me but of course it's very hard to say. I think 1 gram lasts for maybe 4 hours. I am wondering what is the maximum safe dose, so far I haven't been going above 3 grams a day. I'm considering trying to take 2 grams before bed in the hope that it lasts...
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    Novartis Pauses Study of GenVec's Gene Therapy CFG166 (UPDATE May 2016: Trial Is Again Continuing)

    Any time a stock goes down a lot, there will be shareholder lawsuits. GenVec's stock could easily go to zero, because they have under $10 million in cash and they are using over $4 million a year. Thus, a set back like this which slows them down a lot could mean that they have to raise new...
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    Novartis Pauses Study of GenVec's Gene Therapy CFG166 (UPDATE May 2016: Trial Is Again Continuing)

    Hi Everyone, I have not read all of the replies here, but I am involved in the stock market in my professional life. This is a very small trial with a small number of people. The fact that it is paused ENROLLMENT for a safety reason could mean many things -- if even one person in the trial had...
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    My Experience at House Clinic Today — Some Thoughts on Going for More Aggressive Treatment?

    Thanks @InfiniteLoop, do you know the name of the trial site? I will look into it. Is there a link to a thread on this board where people discuss it?
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    My Experience at House Clinic Today — Some Thoughts on Going for More Aggressive Treatment?

    Thanks at @LadyDi. Sorry I was not actually asking a question, I shouldn't have put a question mark at the end of my subject line. I was more sharing my experience and noting how differently different ENTs respond to the same thing. At this point, the Tinnitus is not serious enough for me to...
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    Recommended Earplugs for an Indoor Sports Event

    I use etyplugs, www.etyplugs.com available on Amazon. The same company makes more sophisticated custom fit ones as well. The are noise reducers, not actual ear plugs. I wear them walking around a lot. If it were me, I would take both those as well as the 3M industrial foam ear plugs (they come...
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    My Experience at House Clinic Today — Some Thoughts on Going for More Aggressive Treatment?

    Thanks Atlantis, I sure hope so. The doctor said he expected that if some of the hearing returned, the tinnitus would be reduced. I'll let everyone know what happens. We are obviously talking probabilities here, however I am pretty certain that the doctor I saw would not push any therapy on me...
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    My Experience at House Clinic Today — Some Thoughts on Going for More Aggressive Treatment?

    Today I went to the House Clinic which is the premier ear clinic in Los Angeles. I have 40db hearing loss in my right ear at 3Khz with tinnitus which started two weeks ago. I went to three different ENT's (including House) and I found it interesting how different the responses were. House was...
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    Newbie with Some Questions...

    Hi everyone, So my tinnitus journey began about 10 days ago. I don't want to bore people with all of my history, but I am a 45 year old male have had relatively mild tinnitus at 3khz in my right ear only for about the last 10 days. (I think it might have been related to a loud concert about 5...