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Frequency Therapeutics — Hearing Loss Regeneration

I got hearing aids which cost close to $9000. They do nothing to the high-pitched noise. I can't take this much longer. Frequency Therapeutics said they would let us know in December. They should keep their word. If it's not effective, then I'm DONE. I can't do it anymore.
Don't underestimate distorted hearing. I have both distorted hearing and tinnitus. My tinnitus is pretty tiresome, but I hate the distorted hearing even more.
What does not help at all is that I used to appreciate good quality sound systems.
i hate when people speak in scratchy loud or whiny voices. It sounds so loud and stressful. It's so much worse than tinnitus. Tinnitus barely bothers me anymore.
 
Difficult to rein in enthusiasm. But I am not Data or Spock from Star-Trek :meh:
Also I am reluctant to put all eggs in one basket.
Dude, mammals don't restore hearing, we just don't. It was pretty much enough for me to know it restored hearing in mice. Genetically similar and mammal. Now not all drugs work on humans that work on mice but this isn't a drug. It worked on human hair cells and it's going to work on live humans.
 
Honestly, looking through the material and lectures that Frequency Therapeutics has put out, it's really fascinating stuff. I hope something comes out of this soon, not just for me, but mainly for my dad. He's had severe tinnitus and hearing loss for most of his life (loud music + years in the navy + airline pilot does some serious damage). Just the thought of him one day soon experiencing normal, possibly tinnitus-free hearing would be as close to a miracle as I'll probably ever come to.
 
Honestly, looking through the material and lectures that Frequency Therapeutics has put out, it's really fascinating stuff. I hope something comes out of this soon, not just for me, but mainly for my dad. He's had severe tinnitus and hearing loss for most of his life (loud music + years in the navy + airline pilot does some serious damage). Just the thought of him one day soon experiencing normal, possibly tinnitus-free hearing would be as close to a miracle as I'll probably ever come to.
Yeah flying small aircraft damaged my hearing. You'd never hear a word your copilot said if you didn't have a mic and this goes on for hours. Sounds like your dad likely did the most damage to his hearing in the navy if he was in jets. They start those things up with your face next to them. I can't fly anymore unfortunately because of my hearing.
 
It worked on human hair cells and it's going to work on live humans.
I wonder how different in vivo and in vitro is when it comes to cellular biology.

http://www.differencebetween.net/science/difference-between-in-vivo-and-in-vitro/

"Most experiments in cellular biology are done through in vitro studies and are not conducted in the organism's natural environment or inside a living organism. This results in the limited success of the experiments in simulating the actual conditions inside an organism and makes its outcome less precise"

Perhaps there are statistics?
 
Yeah flying small aircraft damaged my hearing. You'd never hear a word your copilot said if you didn't have a mic and this goes on for hours
Even when my hearing was OK I wondered about this sound level of headphones in small aircraft. This after a flight with an instructor. Boy was that loud! Now with my hyperacusis I will no way be doing that again.
 
I wonder how different in vivo and in vitro is when it comes to cellular biology.

http://www.differencebetween.net/science/difference-between-in-vivo-and-in-vitro/

"Most experiments in cellular biology are done through in vitro studies and are not conducted in the organism's natural environment or inside a living organism. This results in the limited success of the experiments in simulating the actual conditions inside an organism and makes its outcome less precise"

Perhaps there are statistics?
Well, they probably know at this point. The mice studies didn't say it took 3 months to see a change, it said that 3 months was the point where it stopped getting better.

If it works, they probay know now, like today right now.
 
Well, they probably know at this point. The mice studies didn't say it took 3 months to see a change, it said that 3 months was the point where it stopped getting better.

If it works, they probay know now, like today right now.
Not necessarily unfortunately, we do not know the dosages given and the dosage needed for a certain amount of growth.

Let's say the people participating were given a dose that increases "hearing capability" by 5%, well a typical hearing test can have a standard deviation that is 10%-15% from the mean.

So when they are looking at the results, they may not be able to reject the null and come to the statistical conclusion that the therapy works.

It won't be until deep in phase 2, 2.5 when they start doing different dosage levels that we will truly know the effectiveness of the treatment.

Disclaimer: I'm just some random guy on the internet
 
It won't be until deep in phase 2, 2.5 when they start doing different dosage levels that we will truly know the effectiveness of the treatment.
Where did you get that they will start doing different dosage levels "deep into phase 2, 2.5"? Post a link or admit you just made that up please.

They have in fact started this in the current trial. 8 got a low dose, 8 got a high dose.
 
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This thread deserves 100x more hype than the MuteButton.
True thing...

I wasn't even aware of this 2 months ago before my tinnitus became worse, it made me come back on the forum and discover all the progress made.

It's fascinating how close they are to finding a solution.

When I looked at the presentation I felt kind of relieved that anyways they will have a working solution in the near future.
 
Dude, mammals don't restore hearing, we just don't. It was pretty much enough for me to know it restored hearing in mice. Genetically similar and mammal. Now not all drugs work on humans that work on mice but this isn't a drug. It worked on human hair cells and it's going to work on live humans.
I feel like I'm in the twighlight zone reading some of the arguments about this. There is super evidence that points to this as being the cure for most tinnitus cases.
 
Where did you get that they will start doing different dosage levels "deep into phase 2, 2.5"? Post a link or admit you just made that up please.

They have in fact started this in the current trial. 8 got a low dose, 8 got a high dose.
"The randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial will assess the safety of FX-322 given by intratympanic administration in adult patients with stable sensorineural hearing loss (SSHL)"

"Phase I studies assess the safety of a drug or device."

"Phase II studies test the efficacy of a drug or device."


We have no idea what "low dose" or "high dose" means.

Once again, it is possible that the treatment works but the doses given are too small to provide the data that results in being able to reject the null hypothesis that the treatment is ineffective.

It is also possible that both groups show significant improvement consistent with the doses given.

Once again, we don't know until the results are released.
 
We have no idea what "low dose" or "high dose" means.
Hold on there mister. Your original comment was that they are going to start testing different dosage levels "deep into phas 2, 2.5". Which is wrong, they are doing that in this phase.
Once again, we don't know until the results are released.
This is my entire point! There is a formal process being followed that needs to be not followed to the T because there are many people on the brink of killing themselves and their lives are deteriorating and deserve help as fast as humanly possible. The process is not as fast as it could be!
 
Not necessarily unfortunately, we do not know the dosages given and the dosage needed for a certain amount of growth.

Let's say the people participating were given a dose that increases "hearing capability" by 5%, well a typical hearing test can have a standard deviation that is 10%-15% from the mean.

So when they are looking at the results, they may not be able to reject the null and come to the statistical conclusion that the therapy works.

It won't be until deep in phase 2, 2.5 when they start doing different dosage levels that we will truly know the effectiveness of the treatment.

Disclaimer: I'm just some random guy on the internet
What would the point be of proving something is safe for 10% of the actual dose you expect is needed? I think they are using the doses they plan to use in any further trials.
 
@Jason37 @Deathtotinni

Since the both of you almost made it into the trials, can either of you provide us information on what specific unit of increments these doses were administered in?

For example, was "Low Dose" 5mg/ml of X, or 20mg/ml of Y?

It would help us all track this if we have a definitive volume that we all can track as these trials go on to see if they're increasing or decreasing specific volumes. Nowhere is this mentioned on Clinical Trials or any of their press releases, but I am curious if they gave you a specific unit volume of measurement for low dose and high dose administration. I feel like these are details they would have provided you if you were about to take an injection.
 
It might have been asked before, but have there been any mentions of Frequency Therapeutics' trials in Europe?
 
Well, they probably know at this point. The mice studies didn't say it took 3 months to see a change, it said that 3 months was the point where it stopped getting better.

If it works, they probay know now, like today right now.
Hearing has a natural tendency to come back to a certain extent on its own, I wonder if this comes into play? After a recent acoustic trauma, I went from hardly being able to hear, to a gradual improvement over a few months doing nothing at all. If I were taking a drug, would that drug be given credit for my limited recovery?

My hearing is still very damaged, but there has been some improvement. I've heard of this same experience from many people. How do they know the drug was the factor in the mice, and not just a normal somewhat limited improvement? I would be especially cautious if the improvements were marginal, and the treatment began immediately after the induced hearing loss.

Don't beat me up here. Haha. I don't know a lot about these studies, maybe I'm way off base.
 
Hearing has a natural tendency to come back to a certain extent on its own, I wonder if this comes into play? After a recent acoustic trauma, I went from hardly being able to hear, to a gradual improvement over a few months doing nothing at all. If I were taking a drug, would that drug be given credit for my limited recovery?

My hearing is still very damaged, but there has been some improvement. I've heard of this same experience from many people. How do they know the drug was the factor in the mice, and not just a normal somewhat limited improvement? I would be especially cautious if the improvements were marginal, and the treatment began immediately after the induced hearing loss.

Don't beat me up here. Haha. I don't know a lot about these studies, maybe I'm way off base.
They can easily compare to mice who didn't get the drugs and measure the difference.
 
Hearing has a natural tendency to come back to a certain extent on its own, I wonder if this comes into play? After a recent acoustic trauma, I went from hardly being able to hear, to a gradual improvement over a few months doing nothing at all. If I were taking a drug, would that drug be given credit for my limited recovery?

My hearing is still very damaged, but there has been some improvement. I've heard of this same experience from many people. How do they know the drug was the factor in the mice, and not just a normal somewhat limited improvement? I would be especially cautious if the improvements were marginal, and the treatment began immediately after the induced hearing loss.

Don't beat me up here. Haha. I don't know a lot about these studies, maybe I'm way off base.
Good point. My only rebuttal is that we know sound is transmitted from the hair cells and that this method definitely regrows the hair cells.
 
Hearing has a natural tendency to come back to a certain extent on its own, I wonder if this comes into play? After a recent acoustic trauma, I went from hardly being able to hear, to a gradual improvement over a few months doing nothing at all. If I were taking a drug, would that drug be given credit for my limited recovery?

My hearing is still very damaged, but there has been some improvement. I've heard of this same experience from many people. How do they know the drug was the factor in the mice, and not just a normal somewhat limited improvement? I would be especially cautious if the improvements were marginal, and the treatment began immediately after the induced hearing loss.

Don't beat me up here. Haha. I don't know a lot about these studies, maybe I'm way off base.
I would assume that they had another group subjected to the same amount and level of sounds that were not given the solution. They had to endure everything without any prospects of healing so they'd have to compare.
 
Hearing has a natural tendency to come back to a certain extent on its own, I wonder if this comes into play? After a recent acoustic trauma, I went from hardly being able to hear, to a gradual improvement over a few months doing nothing at all. If I were taking a drug, would that drug be given credit for my limited recovery?

My hearing is still very damaged, but there has been some improvement. I've heard of this same experience from many people. How do they know the drug was the factor in the mice, and not just a normal somewhat limited improvement? I would be especially cautious if the improvements were marginal, and the treatment began immediately after the induced hearing loss.

Don't beat me up here. Haha. I don't know a lot about these studies, maybe I'm way off base.
Man the mice in both groups were made deaf and the mice treated responded to the sound and the ones not treated did not. That's how you know it's not natural recovery. I think what would be helpful is if some of the people who don't believe understood the science behind it better. They even used the drug or one that is similar to induce hair growth in mice. Hearing loss isn't the only application.
 

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