Good question, I've also wondered about this.
The latency can vary in the same unit due to the varying distance of the headphone, the signal strength of the receiver, the buffering time and codec used to compress the audio.
I don't mean to be impolite GlennS, but jeez, you've changed your tune since July when you were coming down like a ton of bricks on anyone on the thread who expressed slight cynicism around Neuromod.
Correction. 50% per coin toss, very low for 10 heads in a row. But I think people get the gist.
I e-mailed them today to ask how they handled this problem. In the Phase 2 papers they speak about the synchronised fashion in which both stimuli are applied. There were 3 study arms and in each one they worked with different timings. Synchronised, Temporally aligned w varying short delays and temporally aligned w long delays. So yes, that makes me think they didn't overlook this.
That's because I took Neuromod's data for granted. Now I'm keying on data from the field. If and when the field data starts to align with Neuromod's I'll go back to being more optimistic.
Maybe so, but introducing any Bluetooth device into a scheme, where success or failure can literally be measured in milliseconds is just asking for trouble, no matter how sophisticated the Bluetooth may be.
A little more googling puts a number on the latency.
Low latency is still latency but as long as it's predictable and constant then Lenire will just have to add artificial delay to get the simulation and audio into sync.
I am sure none of their PhDs thought about this when coming up with the device. You should probably email them to let them know.
That's the thing though. Googling shows me aptX latency is around 32-40 ms and it varies... so it's not all the time constant.
Just to be clear: I emailed them to ask how they worked around this, assuming they thought about this. Nothing cocky, just out of curiosity. When I'm about to drop 2500 euro, I like to believe I'm allowed to ask the odd question.
History is full of failed projects, which were literally crawling with engineers and PhDs.
I wouldn't hold my breath.
You'd be surprised how little PhDs know outside of their very specific field. I work with senior electrical engineers that don't know how to check their car tire pressure. I had to help one of them check it!
Very true, as I can attest to similar experiences involving highly schooled individuals, some of whom are unable to hang up a simple shelf, without getting injured (or finding out that putting screws directly into the drywall without any anchors is not the best idea).
That one is a classic.
Since they had positive results in the trial, they must've done something right.
Observe the results, then show your support.
Nope. Show your support to the people, then observe their results. If their results are good, then show your support to Neuromod, which is probably what you thought I meant.
Yes. The wireless headphones introduce risks and cost more. Very dumb in my opinion.
In this case it may not be quite so obvious, due to the elusive, hard to pin down nature of tinnitus.
Perhaps Dr. O'Neill fell asleep in this lecture during his undergraduate electronic engineering degree...
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02974543So you can't have hearing loss greater than 55 dB? Where did you read this?
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