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This is progress... it suggests that the problem is starting to be taken seriously and that maybe it no longer falls into the 'orphan disease' catagory that it did at one time ENT's are tasked with dealing with tinnitus patients, but this is a challenge as they are actually surgeons and as...

I would be very interested in seeing your Audiograms when you get them. Apologies for posting my request in public but the system won't allow me to send you a PM Thanks

That sounds resonable, thank you!

Yes, I'm a bit surprised that they are using syringes instead of pumps to apply the treatment I seem to remember reading that Caroverine was applied via an osmotic pump in the clinic in india which offers that treatment

Three-prong... while we are at it, let's have some of those stem cells fixing-up our cochleas at the same time so we get our hearing back as well :LOL:

Many thanks for the clarification Am I being simplistic here, or would a combination therapy of something like AM-101 removing the 'root cause' and neural stimulation of some kind (vagal nerve or whatever the latest sound therapy is etc) to stimulate neural plasticity be an appropriate...

What makes you say this - is it simply because of neural plasticity issues?

This is a useful warning! The lasers do seem to have an effect, for good or for ill. Lasers are certainly not flashlights... they are coherent light sources which deliver high doses of visible spectra radiation to the parts of the body which the coherent light comes into contact with. Our...

And to you! :) Thank you for sharing your experience of TRT

And to you too I have just had a look back at some of your posts... I think you have taken TRT treatment? How did it work for you, do you feel you are cured? Do you know what caused your tinnitus, did you also have hyperacusis? I'm thinking that I will leave TRT until I have exhausted all...

I know that a lot of people say that (it appears to be a cornerstone of TRT), but I'm really not sure it is correct. I have been using ear plugs a lot since my LLLT treatments started (at Dr Wilden's suggestion) and my hyperacusis is improving slowly. I use them on busy roads, in supermarkets...

Yes, I also feel that there are some gentle improvements in my condition and like you clinking plates are not such a terror as they were before starting the treatment (though I still have problems with music - horrible for an ex-musician like myself). I was already aware that it would take a...

Me too, bird calls don't hurt my ears in the way they did a year ago, but it isn't quite spring yet (the volume may go up) and maybe it is just habituation. I was able to sit in a mildly noisy coffee shop last night without earplugs as well (I put them in again after a bit just because I...

The light from the laser headset I use at home is dispersed over quite a wide area and the higher-powered lasers in the clinic produce a pattern over the whole area so twists and turns in the ear canal cause no problems. I can feel the warmth in my inner ear area, and there are photos on...

Sorry for the delay in my response (didn't see you had written to me) and have kept out of this thread as there are some pretty strong opinions here and I don't want to be seen as a 'spokesman' for the treatment I'm still doing the therapy. I have the feeling there is some ongoing slight...

Somehow I consciously decided to force the tinnitus to stay in my ears and not let it 'migrate' inside my heard. I could feel it wanting to move a month or two after it started and I said very clearly 'no' to it. Don't know quite how I did this but it is probably the only 'success' I have had...

IMPORTANT NEW BREAKTHROUGH: http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/jan/29/make-stem-cells-major-discovery-acid-technique Read to near the bottom of the article as there is an exciting bit... Simple way to make stem cells in half an hour hailed as major discovery Acid technique could lead to...

I don't go out any more It is awful as I used to love concerts and cinema - I would try to go to a jazz improv session every few weeks before the tinnitus struck and I miss the creativity and expression terribly I'm not so bothered about missing the bars and the restaurants however, that it...

Finally... Fingers crossed!

I was shocked to discover that my uncle has suffered from it since his 20's (he was an officer in the artillery), my aunt (his wife) has had it for the last 10 years, my two closest friends from university suffer from it (one since before university and one for 5 months), my closest friend from...

The damage to the cochlear is actually increased by a cochlear implant

We may be able to find this out directly soon: http://actu.epfl.ch/news/epfl-and-harvard-join-forces-to-diagnose-hearing-l/ http://lo.epfl.ch/cochlea

Interesting... I've had intestine problems for many years prior to tinnitus (mild colonic ulceritis). Rather ironically they seemed to clear up after the tinnitus started as I totally cut-out coffee and most of my tea consumption and removed most of the stress from my life. The Ginko I took...

I got the impression that his delivery system was going to be some form of permanent implant in the ear... doesn't sound too much fun on the face of it I hope he's OK, however

Hi Ann Sorry for the delay in replying as I was away over christmas. I'm still plugging away with the home laser treatement. I was not able to do it properly in November as I was out of the country for some time and forgot to take my laser with me and so I have only really been able to do it...

Thank you for this link! These developments are very exciting!

This problem seems to steal the things we love - for me it was music, concerts and guitar/piano playing Now the tinnitus and hyperacusis have pretty much stolen those pleasures from me :-(

Many thanks for the clarification!

But if they die then doesn't that mean he gets more deaf? Will 'stimulated' inner hair cells continue to live, and maybe get 'quietened' by the ketamine type AM101 drugs when they come on the market in a few years? I'm genuinely a bit confused here... shouldn't we be trying to do what we can...

I'm coming to the conclusion that some people want us to have hearing damage

I totally agree. Awareness of this is almost zero, maybe there need to be a few legal cases and some examples made? Sorry if that sounds hard but reading these stories makes me feel angry that people are having their lives ruined on a daily-basis in this manner

I do, but that is because I am taking the LLLT treatment at the moment and I have been told that I should try to protect my hearing during the time I am taking treatment to allow the ears to heal as much as possible I am finding that my hyperacusis is getting much better and I am starting to...

Dr. Ancill, is it possible that a very minor stroke could be the cause of more general tinnitus such as the type that many people here seem to be suffering from? I'm interested that you are suggesting brain rather than cochlear injury as a cause of the problem... this rather goes against the...

That is really terrible, I'm so sorry to hear that. And on top of that doctor's awful attitude, they then tell you to take an ototoxic substance which will damage your ears further! It's wonderful that you are able to take something positive out of this. You have my respect.

This is a very interesting point - I think I might also have had noises in my ears for some years that I just didn't recognise and then one day in March after a highly stressful period I 'decided' the noise I heard at that moment might be tinnitus and then all hell broke loose... whether the...

I have to agree strongly with this quote and part of me cries when I read stories here about kids in their teens and early 20's getting this rubbish. I'm nearly double their age and I feel I'm too young for it It is rather shocking that schools teach young people about the importance of...

It wouldn't be the first time this has happened. Here is an interesting article about a medicine which is now being marketed by 'Big Pharma', a hundred years after the medical establishment accused the originator and his sole european clinic of 'quackery': The strange story of umckaloabo The...

An interesting point but on reflection I don't think this is a particularly good comparison: 1. The results of eye surgery are immediate and clear (people walk in with poor vision, and wake up after the infections etc have calmed down a few days later with good vision). LLLT takes a long time...

Yes, the vibe was bad. Let's keep it happy, people... the condition is miserable enough without us making it worse for ourselves! To be honest that was the big deal for me as well. The treatment gives me HOPE and as a result I am in a much, much, much better place now than I was before I...

Wow, a lot of hostility suddenly on this thread! It's a shame as this is normally a really nice place, not like many of those other internet forums on tinnitus which I stay away from. I went to Dr Wilden's clinic for ten days treatment in September and received one of his home laser units...

Please, please let this be true!

Why doesn't the ENT specialisation try to publicise the dangers of excessive noise, ototoxic chemicals and other factors which can lead to hearing damage and tinnitus? My own level of knowledge about this condition and its causes before I got it was woeful, and now I hear so many stories about...

Thank you for the update and you have all my hopes for a successful experiment. I couldn't agree more with your frustration at the medical establishment's response to tinnitus as it is truly lamentable and the whole ENT specialism (with a few noteable exceptions) should hang their heads in...

Maybe we will be able to see damage followed by possible restoration processes in real time if this comes off: EPFL and Harvard join forces to diagnose hearing loss

The theory as I understand it is that the visible-spectra radiation of the laser light stimulates the mitochondria in the cells to generate more of a substance called ATP, which is responsible for the repair and regeneration processes within those cells. The role and relationship between...

Dear Dr. Ancill Very sorry to hear that you now have to suffer from Tinnitus. Your tinnitus seems very similar to mine (I suffer from probably noise damage in the higher frequencies which correspond to my tinnitus frequencies), although there is about a 20 year age difference between us. I...

Interesting. I have mold in my bedroom and in my spare room Also started some minor hair loss on the same side as my 'worst' tinnitus ear, which is the side closest to the mold when I use my computer (I sit right beside it). Been living in this appartment for 13 years - I wonder if there is a...

I wouldn't worry about the audiograms being done at the clinic... you can get an independent one free at any hearing aid centre before and after you take the therapy. It would be a very dumb doctor that 'faked' a huge improvement in the second audiogram only for the person to walk out of the...

I don't think Hansi is a scammer, I exchanged quite a few Emails with him before I went and he seemed legitimate to me I've posted on this forum as well concerning the treatment and I can assure you that I haven't been offered any money or 'incentives' of any kind by Dr Wilden What Dr Wilden...

That seems to be one of them The one I use is: info@lasertherapieregensburg.de Maybe try both? :)

I have ordered the MLS laser from Dr Wilden, but as it hasn't arrived yet I'm not able to comment on if it is good or not (it is supposedly being sent out today). The equipment looks like a pair of in-ear headphones, but with lasers as earpieces The laser cost a lot of money but I personally...

Hi Erland I have had treatment at Dr Wilden's clinic recently and so I know the guy Dr Wilden is not keeping the treatment to himself, he is doing his best to promote it and is very frustrated that it doesn't have wider acceptance. He's not trying to make a fortune for himself either, he...

Thank you for this video! I'm always a little disappointed to see how basic the level of understanding seems to be, even amongst the 'experts' in the field. When hearing such people discuss the cutting edge of medical knowledge I would normally hope to hear complicated theories that required...

You must have been treated in very different equipment to me. I've seen photos of pressurisation chambers for individual people - were you in such a chamber? I was in one intended for groups. I was in a large metal cylindrical pressure chamber which resembled the interior of an aircraft and had...

People will have been seriously injured at that concert :(

I tried 11 sessions of HBOT at a major university hospital here exactly 3 weeks into my tinnitus. The doctors there warned me that it might not help my condition but I decided to try it anyway. It cost me a lot of money and I'm afraid my own experience with the treatment was not good: - my...

Both my ears show a very similar, noise damage profile with the hearing loss being between -20db and -15db up to around 1.5KHz and then droping to around -50db at 4KHz before rising again afterwards. The tinnitus sounds that I hear seem to correspond to the regions of greatest damage in my...

Hi Sherri Sorry for not reporting sooner! I took an audiogram 11 days ago, which was two weeks after I finished the treatment in Germany. I had an earlier audiogram, just before I started the treatment, in the same hearing aid centre with the same audiologist because I wanted to be able to...

Thanks for the link, but the write-up is awful and totally mis-states some of the conclusions Er, shouldn't that be the other way around? I think we can stop reading there. Here is the link to the actual study, and if you skip the stats it is perfectly readable...

Very happy to hear that your tinnitus is improving! Just for information Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy can actually cause barotraumas, not cure them. This study suggests the incidence to be as high as two-thirds: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19105143 I think it did so in my case as I have...