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  1. Cityjohn

    Diffusion Tensor Imaging Diagnostics

    I'm starting this thread to show everyone what I'm doing when it comes to objective diagnostics of tinnitus and hearing damage through diffusion tensor weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DTI-MRI). An MRI in itself works by means of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) which in itself is very...
  2. Cityjohn

    Contrast; a Key in Neurogenesis

    https://nei.nih.gov/news/pressrelease/use-it-or-lose-it-visual-activity-regenerates-neural-connections-between-eye-and The above study shows that mice could regrow retinal nerves much better when subjected to immense contrasts. Some people here have mentioned that silence is a key to recovering...
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    Instructions

    Asking the question It is really hard to ask good questions that lead to better questions, or hopefully even solutions. That's not to say we have to make Join the Dots complex, or that it has to conform to exact standards. But there's a few things we should generally adhere to when we ask...
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    Cameraman/Woman for Interviews in Amsterdam.

    There are two very interesting professors in Amsterdam I would like to interview. Prof. Dr. Smidt (Amsterdam), on the neuron and it's functioning in relation to tinnitus, the mitochondria's ATP production and proliferation withing the cell and the merits of LT...
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    (LLLT Efficacy) Mobilizing Mitochondria May Be Key to Regenerating Damaged Neurons, Zhou, B et. al.

    Professor Dr. Bing Zhou of molecular biology and genetics has released a publication yesterday that excited me as it forms a missing piece of my puzzle concerning the efficacy of LLLT. http://life.tsinghua.edu.cn/english/faculty/faculty/651.html...
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    Am I Obsessing About Tinnitus?

    I'm on the way back home from campus, where I went right after my hospital visit to reserve some space and equipment for experiments at the end of June. My final consultation with two internists went almost as I expected, but the ending was such that it made me feel like I had been thrust into a...
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    Friend of Mine; Sudden Complete Hearing Loss, Will Cochlear Implants Help?

    A friend of mine has completely lost all of her hearing and has extremely loud tinnitus after she was a little flu-ish for a long period. Both her eyes and all her sinuses were infection, and after having a distortion of sound she lost all of her hearing completely in the span of two days. She...
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    Yesterday Night Sudden Deafness, No More Crackling Sounds, What Is Going On?

    So yesterday I didn't have a headache anymore for the first time in three months, not to threat though it's back... but this morning at 3 AM my right ear suddenly went deaf twice in one minute, I jumped up and started hitting my head thinking "No please no!"... luckily it stopped after a minute...
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    DIY Low-Level Laser Therapy for Tinnitus on a Budget — LLLT Under 100,-

    I'm only a new member here and have read countless claims that LLLT does, or does not work. In examining the research done it seems clear that there is a legitimate reaction from the human cell to light. Everything is explained by the man himself on this website...
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    I'm Here, on a Mission, and Furious.

    It's been over three months, since my partner and I were poisoned with an Asian dish in our university's restaurant. A young chef completely oblivious to the dangers supplied my sauce with what he thought was a reasonable dose of MSG for five hundred people, forgot to stir, and then served it...