Best Guess on When Tinnitus Will Be Cured?

[Nick47]

That was before the failures of Otonomy and Frequency Therapeutics. I wonder what she'd say now?

I doubt she had these in mind. She would have been able to see through the initial concept and early results. Extracochlear stimulation looks very promising.

 

[Ryan Scott]

Is your tinnitus bilateral? When you say loud, how would you objectify that? Decibels? Not masked by a shower?

As for when will tinnitus be "cured", that's not important to me. What is important is lowering the intensity to a manageable level. So with that said, I will go with 2029, and say there will be several treatments on the market by then. This is something Dr. Susan Shore said at the TRI 2019 conference: "In the next 10 years I think there will be several treatments that come to market that should be able to help all those people that are really counting on us."

I generally don't like to hear the word "cure" thrown around as it's childish.

I agree. If I could get a 50% reduction and get it to stay like that for the rest of my life, I would be totally fine and would live a fulfilling, happy life. Don't get me wrong though, I would not turn down a cure lol.

 

[roy1159]

2080 for noise-induced hearing loss and noise-induced tinnitus.

 

[Óscar PP]

In 10 years. No matter when you read this.

 

[Michael_EDH]

In my opinion, there is little to no focus or urgency on behalf of medical professionals, short of startups and pharma trying to find a miracle cure drug. Most physicians usually just shrug it off and say oh well, you must find a way to deal with it.

Surprisingly, they do this with a lot of conditions in addition to tinnitus and other ear problems. I have lost a lot of confidence in the medical industry.