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Clicking noise occurs after acoustic trauma but usually goes away over time from my own personal experience. That's likely due to ear inflammation due to glutamate storm or something to due with the stapedius muscles or the tympanic membrane. Visual snow can be triggered by tinnitus from...

Energyflare here. I think I had temporary visual snow when I developed tinnitus for the first time. However, I got full blown visuals from HPPD one year after that. So yeah, I think it can go away if caused by tinnitus/HPPD but other pathologies seem to be irreversible.

Most ENTs are completely clueless about this condition and have basic textbook knowledge of the condition. I once walked into an ENT clinic when I had hearing distortions and he said it was anxiety because my audiogram is normal.

Do you have any of the physical symptoms that usually come with VS?

Same story here. My visual snow started around the same time as tinnitus. Got worse two weeks ago which gave me symptoms of nausea and fatigue along with depersonalization after being exposed to loud music for a whole night. The visual snow has calmed down a bit as my tinnitus improved but...

Yeah. I completely agree with that. They should be spending that money on research and cures for diseases not limited to just tinnitus. I wonder how many soldiers end up with tinnitus from fighting government proxy wars yet they still don't do anything about hearing loss. Even the ATA and BTA...

Don't believe so, most likely maladaptive plasticity the brain trying to fill up the gap in lost hearing due to sudden damage to hair cells by turning up central input. Fix the cochlear damage, the hyperacusis should improve.

When I first got tinnitus I emailed Julian Cowan Hill directly explaining the history of my condition and asked him if a recovery was possible. He ignored almost everything I said and tried to promote a Skype session for 50 pounds and when I told him I was a broke college student he stopped...

My advice is to get either prednisone or intratympanic demexathone injections ASAP. My idiotic ENT from onset decided to tell me that "there's no treatment" when steroids should have been the first line of defense. That honestly could have saved me and alot of other people.

There are studies that show that PRP can help heal perforated eardrums: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18954495 Was about to suggest the same thing

Are your eardrums still perforated?

I believe he is opening a clinic in Russia, not moving there.

Thanks, I don't think I will be going to Minbo's clinic due to how secretive he is in regards to his methodology. I do still however believe that PRP could potentially be beneficial in treating sensorineural hearing damage and because I live close to India, I can have PRP injections on a longer...

Going in February, Since Ill be in Thailand anyway and it's a relatively short flight. Might go for 4 shots (2 trips) in total. Also, we had a korean mule call into Minbo's office. He does PRP for about $300 a shot for PRP and usually administers one shot every 2 weeks and monitors results...

Loud noise exposure in the past 2 days (rehearsal). Tinnitus near silence today which scares me, Didn't expect silence to be this scary.

That's strange since they've never charged me for all the voice calls I did with them.

Because for some of us tinnitus is distressing enough for us to pursue alternative treatments. At least we're not just sitting here doing nothing waiting to be spoon fed a cure and instead trying out new potential treatments and reporting whether they work or not. Besides I don't understand...

I'm from Bangkok and I have contacted their clinic over tinnitus, apparently, their patients usually need multiple treatments to get good results. This is for their $11,000 dollar option for acoustic trauma induced tinnitus.

Probably because there are different etiologies behind tinnitus. But for many people tinnitus is caused by damage to the hair cells so surely fixing those broken hair cells should fix tinnitus caused by that etiology?

Even then, I still don't understand how stress can cause tinnitus in people or how idiopathic tinnitus is a thing.

I really hope so. If tinnitus is the phantom limb syndrome of damaged hair cells then restoring that lost hearing should fix the nerve synapses and lead to a downstream healing process where the brain picks up the restored input and through neuroplasticity eliminate tinnitus.

I don't believe he does Skype calls but he certainly does do calls over Whatsapp for consultation purposes. Unfortunately I do not have Dr Tyagi's email however, Dr. Mamatarani Rout who works at the same clinic also does PRP injections and you can contact her at this email...

Do you think regrowing hair cells would stop this inflammation feedback?

True. That was one of the things I considered. PRP from the bone marrow is much better from a logical point of view.

I called up the clinic who transferred me to another guy who gave me his number. He has a Whatsapp so the call was made through there.

Do you have the link to that video?

So I've been in contact with this clinic the past couple days and they do specialise in PRP injections which is derived from a blood extraction and separated using a device that I don't know the name of. They have had patients with tinnitus in the past and when I mentioned my situation they...

How bad is your hearing loss?

No I believe he means 3-6 injections. Usually he administers 12 per treatment. He used to do 3-6 injections. However, that dose seems to have doubled. However, @GlennAz and @JohnAdams seem to have gotten much more than that.

I was quoted $9000. Is that the quote he gave you?

Don't forget, @GlennAz wasn't exactly the best candidate since he has had hearing loss and tinnitus for multiple decades.

How many months did it take after the PRP injections to experience your first period of silence?

Hang in there, The first month might be rough judging from what John Adams has mentioned.

Minbo does seem to have this paper published in case anyone is interested in reading it. http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2017/0056447.html

Hey how is your PT now?

It's still there slightly, about 95% gone.

Yesterday everything was fine until I went out for a couple drinks and vaped a bit. I ended up with pulsatile tinnitus when I got back home on my left ear which disappeared in the morning. Although I still have a little bit of pressure in both my ears. It felt resolved. I still went to ask...

Did they ever get back to you?

These flare ups happen 1/10 days right? I remember you mentioned something about that.

How much did you pay?

Out of curiosity, where did you get that information from?

Miracle implying doesn't usually happen or happens?

Keep us updated! I'll most likely make a trip sometime this coming November or February next year.

That article seems to state that the brain doesn't automatically calibrate the new hair cells by itself. However, I remember reading somewhere that the auditory nerve can detect when new hair cells grow. Can anyone clarify this?

It's most definitely not live.

Regarding that, I've decided to postpone going to Seoul until around late October or November to see whether my tinnitus would improve by itself and if not I'll pack my bags and head over there.

Just wondering for smart people on this thread, for those of us who developed visual snow after getting tinnitus from an acroustic trauma or chronic noise exposure, what's the likelihood of repairing or regenerating broken hair cells leading to a downstream recovery of visual snow?

Thanks for your concerns. You're absolutely right about that but in his defense that website is more of a personal blog. His corporate/clinic address is here: https://www.heliocityclinic.com/ Plus I received a formal invoice for the procedure.

He asked for a regular bank deposit or a wire to his account.

JohnAdams's improvements are fake?

Thanks but I've tried many things since the onset of my tinnitus and it only seemed to get worse. I've tried LLLT, magnesium, niacel, craniosacral therapy, turmeric and curcumin, carnivore diet and fasting, ginkgo biloba and a lot more.

Injected through the ear.

Update: I'm starting this treatment on September 1st and will be spending two weeks in Seoul. I understand that this might not be a complete cure for tinnitus but he has had cases of people going on remission in the past so there's hope. Besides a 50% improvement would still justify the cost...

Nope my tinnitus isn't somatic. I can hear it louder when I yawn or bite something really hard.

Yep, eat steak and organ meats while you're at it

I've done a couple audiometries and none of them show any hearing loss which suggests that I may have hidden hearing loss. My tinnitus was livable up until last week when I developed hyperacusis, hearing distortions and 8 out of ten tinnitus. I got mine from years of loud music followed by...

Yeah so the improvements in my opinion are significant enough and worth trying out. I'm likely starting his treatment this coming Sunday or next Monday.

And how about your hyperacusis?

Even when it comes back is it quieter than before? I'm aware that there are no guarantees of a cure or even an improvement but seeing that you've improved I'd say significantly (80%), I'm willing to take a shot in the dark and go for the treatment despite the 9000 dollar cost.

How's your tinnitus nowadays, just wondering? I just had a phone call with Dr. Shim Minbo 10 minutes ago and he seems very earnest to help. I was quoted $9000 and would have to be in Seoul for 2 weeks for the treatment. He did however mention that sometimes the effects of the treatment are...