- Sep 16, 2021
- 465
- 39
- Tinnitus Since
- 2002
- Cause of Tinnitus
- Medication ototoxicity
I don't want to be too overly presumptuous or negative because, like all things with tinnitus, nobody really knows for sure. But my gut feelings have never been super enthused with this device. It may help mild or moderate cases, but I think it's going to take a lot more than just a sound and electrical zapper to help the severe ones; something oral perhaps, like XEN1101, implanted electrodes, or DBS. But maybe I'm wrong. We have to remember that @linearb was helped by Susan Shore's device. So that's a big plus.Super possible that will be the case, but that seems a pretty extreme take at this point. I imagine that maybe it has just been unblinded or maybe it is yet to be and will be in a week or two. I'd give her/them a month or two to analyze and understand a study that is likely the culmination of decades of research before making any kind of public comment.
I'll put on my tin foil hat if there is still radio silence through August.
The waiting game is torture, especially for those who are suffering severely. When they feel a treatment is their lifeboat on a ship that's sinking, we can certainly understand why. And it's sad because they just want to know if the thing works for most. They don't want to wait another year and find out it doesn't. If they knew it was promising right now, waiting and patience would be easier feats. They'd be uplifted and motivated to endure because they'd finally believe we have something that works. Waiting and not knowing, though, feeds into that hopelessness and doubtfulness that often plagues us. We've seen treatments come and go that promised eternity, but ultimately sucked, like Lenire. We don't want to be burned again.