My take on this - LLLT definetely works but you need a powerful light source that goes deep and covers a wide area - the 7 dollar 850nm led would be perfect - and even then it takes months and perhaps years
My t is really much better and sound quality a lot better too but I use the 10w device not a mw one
These low power red lasers won't work well I think
And you need a proven inner ear injury to really make a case , I remember Marlino wrote that his t is mainly anxiety / depression caused and he has good hearing
In other words - LLLT cannot fix what's not broken
I believe that is an ambiguous statement with a lack of information transfer to it other than containing suggestive content, which seems to read you've wrongly assumed mental states do not have a physical component to them. In fact all literature clearly and unequivocally shows that stress, depression, and anxiety all correlate heavily with an alternate glutamate metabolism i.e stress actually kills the cells responsible for protecting the auditory systems synapses from glutamate toxicity which whether it occurs due to something like the exploding head syndrome, or noise exposure, are fundamentally the same.
As for the power of my LED's, my device totaled 50 Watts and has more penetration than anything else being used experimentally or available on the market.
Furthermore, you've not even attempted to calculate the actual power transfer per wavelength which is quite important.
There is no discussion to be had here. Literature clearly shows minor improvement in hair cell proliference with LLLT, and those affected by hyperacusis which is caused in the cochlea also see great improvements. However, my goal here was to see if it could help my tinnitus.
My results;
To be perfectly honest I have had improvement. I'm not nearly as bothered by my tinnitus as I was before. I'm finding it hard to hear on public transport. I even woke up the other day without hearing it at all until I was making breakfast and was looking for it.
I cannot however link my improvement to LT yet, we need more people to try it. It's worth mentioning that during my LT the tinnitus got slightly worse. But as it stands it dropped noticeably. I will return to an audiologist to see if my hearing has improved, which I subjectively do believe.
All in all it could just be that my inflammation has gone done slightly by itself. More people need to test this. Specifically those who have had tinnitus for a longer time.
The most important thing to remember here is that I used a wide spectrum red light source, i.e red leds. Not IR. And please be careful with IR because I burned my finger with it, don't fry your brain.
Well. Most likely a measurement uncertainty. If this is indeed a improvement and affect my tinnitus in the time to come, I will let you know I promise. I did lllt extensively and I will not stop now. But just not do it regularly anymore.
When I moved away from the laser the reasoning was that in literature the effects were achieved around 600nm and the laser completely misses that. I would like to suggest you move to high power red LED's for about a month, then wait a month, and then record final results.
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