To put in my two-penny worth.
I think high frequency hearing loss is not making hearing in noise more difficult.
Although 8 kHz is regarded as high frequency hearing, I see people on the forum mention frequencies like 12 kHz and 16 kHz.
The hidden hearing loss phenomenon (losing the higher sound level synapses on the hair cells) as the reason for this problem makes more sense to me.
Carl LeBel mentions in the interview (approximately at 44 minutes) that a hypothesis for the better word score could be that FX-322 switches on genes that set in motion the repair of synapses. That to me makes more sense than high frequency hearing loss being the reason for bad word scores. (I know he also mentions the high frequency hearing loss. But that is 8 kHz and not 12 or even 16 kHz).
Let us just hope we will find out sooner rather than later.
I think high frequency hearing loss is not making hearing in noise more difficult.
Although 8 kHz is regarded as high frequency hearing, I see people on the forum mention frequencies like 12 kHz and 16 kHz.
The hidden hearing loss phenomenon (losing the higher sound level synapses on the hair cells) as the reason for this problem makes more sense to me.
Carl LeBel mentions in the interview (approximately at 44 minutes) that a hypothesis for the better word score could be that FX-322 switches on genes that set in motion the repair of synapses. That to me makes more sense than high frequency hearing loss being the reason for bad word scores. (I know he also mentions the high frequency hearing loss. But that is 8 kHz and not 12 or even 16 kHz).
Let us just hope we will find out sooner rather than later.