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I’ve had a few moments of tinnitus, nothing that lasted longer than a couple of days. It was always accompanied by a significant change in hearing (allergies or sinus infection). Unfortunately I do not :( In theory, yes. In practice, it would simply not be cost effective. I spent 12 months...

So, I just logged on as I was curious if there was any new research and to check on old friends. No tinnitus for me and life is good.

I wish I could say. Experiencing silence was/is so overwhelming many of my other struggles slowly faded out of my awareness. I do know that it seemed to become higher resolution, less moving. It’s like I went from 1080p to 4K.

Who knows??! Maybe it’s impossible to predict, maybe it’s hard to replicate the device, I’ve always assumed they are dealing with struggles in Bluetooth latency.

Because I spent a year in the UoM research lab being tested as guinea pig both before the actual trial and during the trial. I’ve met Lim, the whole research team, and have been able to view some of the data (I am a research scientist myself).

Well if Lim is aware of the offsets among the population, it means he would have access to knowledge on timings not yet available to Shore. So it actually is very relevant...

You do know that in the context of the UofM device the timings were actually specified exactly for the patient via EEG, right?

No I mean EEG. I’ve never heard of a qEEG. The goal of the EEG was to determine how long the sound took to actually cause a reaction. They used this as a starting point for timings.

Hard to say. Not sure it matters. If I try really hard and plug my ears and focus and think, I can hear a sound. But I’d rather not. From a practical perspective, I don’t hear it for weeks at a time.

I attribute much of my specific success to having timing coordinated with an EEG, and likely experience to parameters unsuitable to the general population.

I have a dip down to 10 dB. Some people consider that hearing loss?

Google the rocabado exercises! From the trial. I also had exposure to timings that were calibrated via EEG as well as approximately 9 months of research. AKA, I was lucky.

I’m not fully researched on the tinnitus TMD connection, other than it exists. My internal derangement isn’t going away, that’s impossible. But my tinnitus did. I did form an MRI confirmed pseudodisc in each by performing the exercises religiously. My TMD is still improving, but not fully...

Well I was in trial and had tinnitus for 30 years. The general eligibility requirements are there for study design purposes mainly. You start with the population you think will be most responsive first. It would be senseless to study the whole gamut, especially if you expect some sort of dose...

Where do you get the notion this device won’t cause structural changes? Indeed that is exactly what it does. In general, earlier is always easier because it has less time to be reinforced. What questions? Nobody is saying it won’t or can’t work for tinnitus that has been around longer. Silence...

Sure. I always taught that a p-value only measures the validity of an outcome against a statistical model. Not against the real world. This is one of the primary gripes of Bayesian statistics against frequentist. See this comic for an explanation: https://xkcd.com/1132/ Hope that helps!

Not to be pedantic, but isn’t the p value measuring the odds that the model is significant, not the actual result? So you can say that with the given model, the result mean X. The real world application is really pretty disconnected from the model. So says the bayesian to the frequentist.

I thought the test result was significant? Which is very much different from significantly better. It’s very possible to get an inflated P-value depending on the mode that is being used. In all reality, the result could be entirely meaningless. We won’t know anything unless the model used to...

Did you scroll down? That’s what ANOVA does...

Progressively fade.

It is an inherent assumption of the model. You would have to go back to neuromodulation theory, and we are discussing applied methods. It wouldn’t make any sense to talk about it in that detail. But page two, paragraph one, bullet point three gives you a layman’s example...

No problem! Mine wasn’t music at all. It sounded like the puff of a steam engine.

I have in the past ;) the powers that be know how to reach me. But just check out an anova... It’s what you want.

I spent 9 months in their lab testing a device. During the actual trial period, differences were difficult for me to discern. Tinnitus is variable by nature. It wasn’t until sometime after the treatment (I think a month or two) where I noticed silence.

I love what you’re doing but... Have you thought of using an anova instead? Your x axis is not a continuous variable. Just a thought.

No. The popping ears thing is a TMJ issue, for me.

There will be long term consequences to these I’m sure. Messing with your dopamine system almost always spells trouble later on.

Not for me. But there was a lot of stuff going on in the lab around this tech.

It absolutely does. Cortisol inhibits neuroplasticity.

The trial was sound and ear lobe. I was in it.

Not sure why people are so worried about conflict of interest? The University of Minnesota has rights to X percent of profit on patents from their professors. They would want Neuromod to succeed. And also Neuromod could use their resources to conduct trials in the US. It’s very likely a...

I know Lenire didn’t do this, but part of the reason the treatment was so successful for me, IMHO, is because Minnesota ran an EEG while developing a timing starting point. Kind of like a golf handicap specific to my brain. I think ultimately they may offer a customized treatment that is...

No it doesn't. I can tell you for a fact, that is not how it is viewed. Nor is it how neuroplasticity works. That doesn't even make sense.

Because your tinnitus frequency has absolutely nothing to do with this treatment.

It’s pretty clear how Lenire / bimodal stimulation works. It’s an outcome of your brain's attempt to reconcile the differences in the signal input. It expects them to arrive at a certain rate. When they don’t, the brain adjusts to experience them at its preferred interval. That process reduces...

I think part of it, at least for me, was they were able to use timings customized to me. Instead of the one timing fits all approach here. I wonder if they cycle through timings.

You need to relax, seriously. You shouldn’t be evaluating the effects of this until after you have fulfilled the entire protocol. Take it from someone who has spent nine months as a lab rat on this device. It won’t make your tinnitus worse, permanently. It also won’t be very effective if your...

Save your money... yikes.

I’m pretty sure Lim was the PI behind the guinea pig study which formed the foundation for all of our current neuromodulation research.

This Hubert Lim guy cured my tinnitus... so uhhh yeah...

This is the man behind the science: https://med.umn.edu/bio/ent-faculty-a-z/hubert-lim He is probably the most totally qualified human on the planet right now to combat this issue.

What exactly are you looking for in terms of description? Initially after the first few sessions, it seemed like a faint alarm bell ringing in my head. The more I used the device, the more I learned it was like peeling the layers off an onion. Underneath my dominant tone, others also existed...

One example that comes to mind is my tinnitus seemed “breathy.” It sounded, empty, hollow, not as piercing. It spent a few months this way before the volume reduced for me.

Frequency = scientific nomenclature and pitch = more musical as a descriptor. I should have put in a / instead of an and.

It’s possible this audiogram was done by a licensed provider with contracts already set up with Neuromod. Maybe it was in a specialized format that they were able to accept, i.e. up to 12 kHz and digital. We have no idea. Maybe you should understand this device or how the medical system works...

I think you are all missing the point in regards to hearing loss. Tinnitus frequency and pitch don’t matter. The device as I understand it, broadcasts a wide spectrum of sounds. It goes up to 12 kHz, and it has to be calibrated to your hearing such that you receive (hear) all frequencies...

No, just more space for the floaters.

Significantly diminished. However, this happened in the last few months so it’s possible something else helped.

No impact on floaters. To be honest, I focus on mine all the time now. But it’s better than hearing a dental drill in your skull.

It impacted my visual snow.

No. What you are likely feeling is pressure around your ear canal from TMJ. That can also cause fluttering, distorted sounds etc.

No not really. A person could have closed lock with full range of motion. This would not show up on a CBCT nor a clinical exam, but would only show up via an MRI. This is especially true if the person has formed a pseudo disc. CBCT is actually of extremely limited clinical value for TMJ/D. The...

I’m doing very well! My tinnitus is so low currently, I wouldn’t feel good spending money on it.

An MRI is required for TMJ/D. Cone beam cannot show the disc status.

I’d carry it on as iPod. Seriously. It plays music through headphones from a white rectangle. It’s also not for resale. I really think our agents are looking for other things. Alternatively, mail to yourself separately.

If the headphones had a small chip you could easily just have a very small cache, say a couple of seconds. I think that would solve it.

Welp, that's probably why we aren't working for Neuromod ;)

Please read the background research. Variations as much as 5ms is the difference between increasing or decreasing tinnitus.

At Minnesota, the electrical stimulation was set to threshold pain, and then backed down just a bit. It hurt a bit. The sham was using offsets that were imperceptibly different.

If targeting the brain is your goal, this would be best! I like glycinate because it helps more with muscles relaxation (sleep and TMJ). But threonate is very good too, and likely better for plasticity.