Poll: Do You Think a Successful Tinnitus Cure Will Address the Brain or Hearing Loss?

[sanj100]

Hi, guys.

Hope you're well.

I was just curious.

When they do finally hit on a cure that markedly reduces/eliminates tinnitus in the majority of people.

Do you think it will be something that works on the brain (something like brain stimulation, or some potent effective drug with minimal side effects), or something that addresses hearing loss (stem cells ect)

Look forward to your replies.

Thanks,

Sonny.

 

[MBH]

I think the whole thing is Brain, not ear.

 

[Tweaker]

If you have hearing loss with tinnitus then stem cell research to regrow inner ear hair cells may be a good approach. As a solution to tinnitus in general I think the brain is the answer. We don't hear in our ears. We hear in our brain so that should be the focus. The 'hearing brain'.

 

[Greg Sacramento]

Of all the research in the tinnitus space, I had more interest with SciFluor a drug delivery company that's near Harvard U.

They assisted the UConn study. SciFluor developed SF0034 that has an extra fluorine atom.

They had studied their databases 2 years ago to find compounds that would possibility work against overly excitable nerve cells - tinnitus included. Plus other possible neuro compounds for tinnitus.

I'm trying to get an update on any possible SciFluor discoveries for drug development for tinnitus. There is no longer any information on the SciFluor website.

 

[MBH]

Yes, that can be going forward.not backward, I'm sure the study got squashed due to medical prof thought ear all along, and tried hearing cures and tinnitius still existed, if they can't do surgery or laser to the Brian, and stem cells sounds complicated and to me a merry go around, then drugs is the answer to me, then scifluor sounds interesting. Cause on clinictrails.gov there is only one drug on the table, which is ok but there should be more now that they know it is not ear.

 

[Defiant-Decay]

I personally think both will help a lot.