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    Blind Man Regains Sight After Receiving 1st Artificial Cornea Implant

    An Israeli man regained his sight after a decade of blindness following the first artificial cornea implantation developed by Israeli medical tech company CorNeat Vision, the company announced this month. The patient, Jamal Furani, a resident of Haifa, began suffering some vision loss 10 years...
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    An Antibody to RGMa Promotes Regeneration of Cochlear Synapses After Noise Exposure

    Abstract Auditory neuropathy is caused by the loss of afferent input to the brainstem via the components of the neural pathway comprising inner hair cells and the first order neurons of the spiral ganglion. Recent work has identified the synapse between cochlear primary afferent neurons and...
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    Decreased Resting Perfusion in Precuneus and Posterior Cingulate Cortex Predicts Tinnitus Severity

    Highlights • Global cerebral blood flow is reduced in tinnitus. • Tinnitus severity is negatively correlated with cerebral blood flow globally. • Tinnitus severity is negatively correlated with cerebral blood flow in the precuneus and posterior cingulate cortex. • Hearing loss predicted...
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    Tinnitus, Hearing Loss and Inflammatory Processes in an Older Portuguese Population

    Abstract Objective: Tinnitus is associated with various conditions such as presbycusis, infectious, autoimmune and many other diseases. Our study aims to identify an association between inflammatory markers and the presence of tinnitus or hearing loss (HL). Design: Exploratory study...
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    Phase I Clinical Study of HY01 in Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss Patients

    The incidence rate of sudden deafness is increasing year by year, which can cause severe hearing loss. Intratympanic HY01 can increase the local drug concentration in the ear, which is equal to or better than that in the treatment of sudden sensorineural hearing loss, and reduce the systemic...
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    Intratympanic Electrocochleography (ECoG) — Can It Damage My Hearing or Worsen Tinnitus?

    Yesterday, my ENT asked me to have an intratympanic electrocochleography (ECoG) to rule out whether I might have Meniere's disease. I have never had dizziness, nor do I have hearing loss up to 8 kHz. However, there may be a possibility that the Meniere's disease is in early stages. Should I...
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    Dr. Drew's Loud Tinnitus Resolved Immediately After Taking Fluvoxamine

    MODERATOR NOTE: Read the whole thread. Apparently Dr. Drew's success came after taking Fluvoxamine, and not the COVID-19 vaccine, like @PortugalTheMan had misunderstood. The thread title has been adjusted to reflect this. It would be so nice if this was my success story, but it isn't, and...
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    Tinnitus Maybe from Anxiety / Listening to Music on Headphones — No Pleasure in Life Now

    I have been buzzing since January 7. I was going through a phase of generalized anxiety but I was not taking any medication. After waking up with the tinnitus, I immediately went to the doctor who didn't even send me to an ENT and said it was caused by stress, and gave me Diazepam 10 mg and...