There are several things that exist now that may drastically improve our situations.
These things include:
FX-322
Bone marrow/PRP
IGF-1
7,8 DHF
NT-3
BDNF
and IT injections of dexamethasone for acute cases
We need to be demanding loudly that thorough research into these things happens ASAP. This stuff already exists and all have shown some evidence in helping to regenerate cochlear nerves and hair cells.
Unfortunately, the people that are central to tinnitus research really seem to me to have zero interest in these things and in some cases downplay them with no/bad evidence.
One example in particular is intratympanic injections of dexamethasone, a steroid that has shown effectiveness in restoring hearing in acute cases of hearing loss to restore hearing. The British Tinnitus Association has a mention of this on their website but the study they cite had patients that were years into their tinnitus and the studies that showed improvement were acute, just days to weeks into their situation.
The standard of care is to take oral steroids. Eardrum injections of steroids are much more effective and perhaps many of us would not be here today if that had been offered to us.
What I am saying is that the people that are running the tinnitus research world are not doing a good job and perhaps holding back progress.
For those of us with chronic hearing loss and tinnitus, we need to be loud about accelerating research into things like BDNF, NT-3, hair cell regeneration etc.
The treatment that Dr. Minbo Shim does could even be done now in America without further FDA approval. We need to be demanding progress.