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Yeah, it gets better. Also if you find yourself reacting to the sound before it even happens or perhaps even thinking about it then you probably have an anxiety related issue.

That's why a condition for participation was severe hearing loss.

Sounds rather generic though.

True. More money never hurts. I think the crux of their complaining is due to the sequester and the automatic cuts. Plus some of the people on that committee (congressional that is) are borderline IQ 15.

The first couple months are rough, but you have to get through them.

It varies. You might have a good week and then the next couple days might be like..."ugh" but whatever you have to keep going.

The people at stanford and the HHF are primarily concerned with researching hearing loss.

Heller is right though. I think I remember reading that a researcher in his lab was denied an NIH grant. Also I've read of other scientists complaining that too much time is spent grant writing as opposed to doing research. "Right around the corner" which translates to me, within the next...

I don't think there are trials for 2020. I know the HHF has talked about how they want to start clinical trials by 2022. I think by 2030 we will probably see a couple hopefully.

What I feel in my ears is like a flinch or something.

You weren't exposed to 120 decibels though.

I just saw that the hearing health foundation changed their site. They got rid of the whole find a cure in 10 years and now have in our lifetime. I also saw they removed the year time lines from their research plan. In a way it's nice to see something more realistic, but in a way it's sad...

I read something a while ago that they are testing artificial blood now or very soon. Imagine no more blood drives or contracting diseases from transfusions. That would be pretty cool. Imagine organs being grown from your DNA so if you need a new liver or lung they can transplant it to you with...

I worded that badly. I mean, when I go to the site the frequency slider doesn't even show up and neither does the volume slider.

Just visited the generalfuzz website. The audio doesn't play, is that the same for anyone else?

I don't care what I eat. Tinnitus ain't got shit on me son.

Hearing aids are programmable for your hearing loss. For some people with hearing loss and tinnitus a hearing aid completely masks their tinnitus whereas for others it does nothing. However, if you don't have mild or above hearing loss I wouldn't recommend getting hearing aids.

No. It's not a cure because if someone says, "Do you have tinnitus?" or maybe they think about tinnitus, then they will hear it. If you talk about tinnitus to a person without it they won't hear it.

I think we will start to see more and more gene and stem cell trials withing the next 10 to 20 years.

So I'm about 9 months into my whole tinnitus and hyperacusis thing. Things really don't seem that loud anymore. There is also less pain associated with it. However, I was borrowing someone's car last week and they didn't tell me the alarm sets when you lock it so I got blasted with an alarm...

I also believe that a company that's related to any type of audio stuff would probably go and donate to a hearing loss research charity instead of tinnitus.

Supposedly some hearing aids can completely mask tinnitus. I read some report and it stated that if you're tinnitus is around the 5kish mark that there's a good chance it might be masked, less so if it's higher.

I saw the gene therapy trial, CGF 166, is recruiting to do phase I and phase II. Pretty exciting to think there might be a treatment soon for hearing loss, if everything falls in order.

Truth about what? That some people kill themselves over it? Ok...and what percentage of people that have tinnitus do this? Because I usually only hear about the same four or five stories. I recently read a story about a guy who was really into weightlifting but suffered a heart problem and...

I don't like the word "habituation" because people often use the word to refer to two different things. There are two different habituations... 1) Habituation of Reaction - this is where you hear it but it's of no importance and thus you don't react. 2) Habituation of Perception - you really...

@tomytl thanks, but I don't consider myself to have "expertise." I just read what the experts write and try to make sense of it. Personally I think restoration of hair cells will improve hearing. @JohnG thanks for that video. It really shows what they are trying to do and expect. I didn't...

lol. The Packers just can't figure out how to beat 49ers recently. I don't like the new running QB style. I prefer more traditional styles.

Yes, I also read that putting pillows beside you may make you stop from rolling over. To add more misery to my situation...I think sleeping on my side is hurting my shoulder now. lol. Might as well start the sleeping on my back training program now.

Pack Attack!

Hair Cell Regeneration right now is entirely speculative about its outcomes in humans. The notion that regenerating hair cells leads to an improved hearing is entirely speculative too. Researchers believe this to be the case because when birds are deafened and their hair cells are grown back...

They are on the NASDAQ if you want to invest. Would be a risky but good investment now if it works out. I would imagine if the treatment works the stock would go from 3ish dollars as it is now to probably 30+. I suspect if they pass phase I the value will go up, if they pass phase II, the value...

I don't know. It's hard to say. I didn't get any side effects from it though.

Do you have to register for the webcast or is there a way to watch it without registering?

Heh...I had the same problem a while ago before tinnitus. It would seem every night I would wake up at 4:12 in the morning. It turns out that stressing out about waking up at a certain time or constantly checking the clock can train your brain to wake up at those times or produce anxiety about...

No need to look at them...they'll be implanted in our brains. lol.

Hmm...the one ENT gave me I think 10mg prednisone for like two weeks for ETD. Oh, I should add that the tympanometry demonstrated it worked. So I guess it did.

I read clinical trials take about 10 years on average for them to complete.

Has anyone given you prednisone by chance?

Sometimes this is what I feel like...

No, I don't wear hearing aids. I cannot afford to do TRT or even get hearing aids. However, I cannot help but think my hearing would improve probably 5% percent if the tinnitus was gone. I've heard some people say that hearing aids help their tinnitus seem less intrusive, but I cannot state it...

Yeah, mild and moderate loss at higher frequencies with my left ear being the better one (for instance the left 2k is normal and the right is up to 40 db loss).

My hearing loss is actually probably worse than his. I can tell you before tinnitus I didn't have any complaints about hearing, but I know after I got tinnitus things are harder to hear. For instance I used to listen to the TV at volume 7 now I need it at 9 or 10. So I figured, it's either 1)...

I try to break the habit of sleeping on my stomach because I read it's the worst position to sleep in because it puts so much tension on your neck and stress on your back.

You're right, at least that's how I read it.

Wow, sudden hearing loss twice? I'm sorry. What's your hearing like now? Both low and high losses? Moderate? Moderately severe? I like your postings in the hair cell regeneration thread, keep them coming. :)

I was thinking about trying mirtazapine for sleep. I've been on trazodone but lately it's been making me feel very tired and giving me nightmares at night. Or maybe they all cause these side effects?

Kind of makes me wonder if there was a rumor started on here if it would spread...Drink your own urine to cure tinnitus! (that's a joke people, please don't try it)

I think his point is that the anxiety or stress related to what you have can make hyperacusis or tinnitus worse. I don't think what he is suggesting is necessarily that bad. I have also read that some people do improve after taking anti-anxiety or anti-depressants. It makes sense if someone also...

Practice sound enrichment. Have a background sound on 24/7 and make sure it's something you like. For instance, waterfalls, rain, crickets, pink noise, white noise, etc. Oh, as for the cause of mine. I turned off the TV and boom there it was, but I didn't freak out and I went to sleep. The next...

It's ok. I have a feeling we're both gonna make it.

I would like to see what he says. So if there isn't a webcast, then maybe hopefully they will record it and post it online.

WTF is that? Here's mine....

Yeah, I've read stories about it going away. One story I read that a guy visited a nightclub and had it for three years. Don't read into the "brain memorizing" stuff. I think it's largely BS kind of like how you'll read on the internet how an audiogram can make tinnitus worse, which makes no...

Yeah, the 810 dosage showed better results.

ha. I forgot about that. I just remember the main important thing from the comic.

lol. His hair color looks so fake though. I also can't help but lol at Eugene's mullet. Dude's "smart" but wears a mullet? Da fuq?

I don't think the e-mail was suggesting a collaboration, but instead that there are just seven pharmaceutical companies working on tinnitus related drugs. I really only know one drug that's in the late stage of trials, i.e. AM-101.

@Hudson I agree there's potential for a company to make significant money, especially if it's the only company with a treatment. They don't even have to cure hearing loss really to make this money, but instead offering something that could say...restore 50% of someone's hearing. Same principle...

I remember in the beginning when I got tinnitus and hyperacusis that it was so tight that I could tilt my head to the side and feel the muscles in or around my ear move. It was pretty intense. But yeah... I did it again. I fell asleep and ended up sleeping on my stomach with my face facing...

I think it's aimed to treat both presbycusis (age related) and tinnitus. Something about it's mechanisms of action or something like that.