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Re: Tinnitus Treatment from Neuromod

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Post by tstubben »

dasb wrote: post #19

I've been following tinnitus research and the most promising treatment is FX-322 [1]. It's a drug that will treat hearing loss, but it could also help diminish tinnitus. It's currently in phase 2a [2] and results come out next year [3]. [1] https://hear2tell.com/2020/09/29/frequency-therapeutics-fx-3... [2] https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04120116 [3] https://www.hearinglosstreatmentreport.com/estimated-fx-322…

I'm also following FX-322 and keeping my fingers crossed that the trials result in a real significant effective treatment for my SSHL in my right ear. It would really be amazing!

Re: Tinnitus Treatment from Neuromod

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Post by taf2 »

dylan604 wrote: post #41
ghastmaster wrote: post #33

I've been following frequency therapeutics as well. I don't think the Neuromod treatment would provide much help to me. My tinnitus does not bother me in any meaningful way. The bothersome thing for me is hearing loss. Noisy environments interfere with my ability to hear conversation. Some frequencies I simply cannot hear. Some noises, cheap/bad audio in the higher frequencies for instance, actually hurt my ears. Whe…

I was in a T-bone accident where another car hit me centered right in between the driver and passenger doors. My left ear now has tinnitus, and I too have a hard time hearing conversation in large groups of people. However, after the wreck, I visited hearing specialist several times. I always passed their tests of the faint frequencies. They cannot explain where the ringing originates.?!?! It's one of those things it…

I spent a weekend with my east texas relatives shooting pumpkins with big guns and my hearing has not recovered since that was like 15 years ago...

Re: Tinnitus Treatment from Neuromod

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Post by dt3ft »

kinleyd wrote: post #7
dt3ft wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I got mine from war, having survived mortar round blasts as a child on several occasions from as near as 3 meters (for example, one shell exploded right above our living room window while I was playing cards with my cousin, another exploded killing a woman and injuring several others while I was lying down behind an apple tree, having heard the sound made when a mortar shell is launched). I highly doubt that this wou…

Wow. May I ask which battle zone this was?

Bosnia and Herzegovina. I was 10 when the war begun. I spent 4 years in city of Gorazde, under siege, without electricity, communications and running water. I started to write a book (in english) about these 4 years but it got too difficult to re-live so I put it on hold for a while. Not sure anyone would ever want to read this.

Re: Tinnitus Treatment from Neuromod

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Post by axetheone »

mrtksn wrote: post #24

I debugged my own Tinnitus, most doctors don't know anything and don't care about it. It turned out to be related to my neck, so I wonder on what subset of Tinnitus sufferers this treatment is even relevant. A short story about my debugging after frustration with the conventional medicine. One day after I came back from work it started in one ear, lasted for half an hour and went away for few minutes and came back to…

Tinnitus appeared to me at the beginning of this godforsaken year of 2020 and I think I have two separate types of tinnitus, with one most likely being due to neck tension (which is more intense on my left ear). I know this because when I stretch my chin to my chest (like exampled in https://www.healthline.com/health/neck-tension#treatments) I start to hear a more pronounced wooshing sound on my ears and gives a burning sensation to my neck and shoulders. I would really appreciate if you could share the neck exercises that you're using.

For the record, I take great care on computer ergonomics so I've, at least, have that covered. And yes, Tinnitus is a curse.

Re: Tinnitus Treatment from Neuromod

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Post by s5300 »

lnx01 wrote: post #10

This and all the comments sound like garbage to me. This is a neurological disease, no amount of nerve stimulation will ever help. I am a sufferer. The older comments here are quite suspicious.

You're... very incorrect.

Tinnitus can be caused by a neurological disease

Tinnitus can also be caused by incredibly tight/weak neck muscles such as the scalenes/SCM

Tinnitus can also be caused by high blood pressure - literally from hearing the blood.

Tinnitus can also be caused by compression of blood vessels - such as the subclavian artery (subclavian bruit) - often due to induced turbulent flow through the area.

Tinnitus can also be caused by something such as a cerebrospinal fluid leak.

Educate yourself.

Many people cured of CSF leaks or something like Thoracic Outlet Syndrome in which a scalene muscle is cut report decades of tinnitus being somewhat or completely relieved after surgery.

Tinnitus is caused by many, many things - some of which are cured from random things that people don't realize is going to have effect.

However, if you do have one of few neurological disease causes/damaged hairs, that shit definitely sucks and I don't think there's much hope yet aside from earbuds playing a matched frequency. I've actually heard of a good amount of success for some with supposed damaged hairs in that line of treatment - have you ever attempted to try it?

Not my intent to sound like a dick. I've had pretty severe tinnitus for now half of my life and I'm quite young. Shit sucks.

Re: Tinnitus Treatment from Neuromod

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Post by DanBC »

lnx01 wrote: post #10

This and all the comments sound like garbage to me. This is a neurological disease, no amount of nerve stimulation will ever help. I am a sufferer. The older comments here are quite suspicious.

Tinnitus is a symptom and has several different causes. Mostly it's nerve damage and currently there's no way to fix that, but for other people it's something else, and there can be fixes.

And even when it's a symptom of nerve damage there are things that can help. My tinnitus got a lot better when I started using a hearing aid.

Re: Tinnitus Treatment from Neuromod

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Post by robertlf »

I'm tired of all of these "masking" type treatments that supposedly help your body to stop noticing Tinnitus. I want to see something that actually stops the problem at the source. Tinnitus usually gets worse over time so at some point, it becomes difficult to ignore. I've been dealing with it for over 20 years and I'm fed up.

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Post by eplanit »

taf2 wrote: post #62
dylan604 wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was in a T-bone accident where another car hit me centered right in between the driver and passenger doors. My left ear now has tinnitus, and I too have a hard time hearing conversation in large groups of people. However, after the wreck, I visited hearing specialist several times. I always passed their tests of the faint frequencies. They cannot explain where the ringing originates.?!?! It's one of those things it…

I spent a weekend with my east texas relatives shooting pumpkins with big guns and my hearing has not recovered since that was like 15 years ago...

For me it was using a nail gun once after forgetting to put on the ear protectors. That was 10 years ago. The ringing in the ear closest to the nail gun is constant and sometimes annoying, but mostly which I can subconsciously filter out.

Re: Tinnitus Treatment from Neuromod

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Post by svdr »

yablak wrote: post #56
dylan604 wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was in a T-bone accident where another car hit me centered right in between the driver and passenger doors. My left ear now has tinnitus, and I too have a hard time hearing conversation in large groups of people. However, after the wreck, I visited hearing specialist several times. I always passed their tests of the faint frequencies. They cannot explain where the ringing originates.?!?! It's one of those things it…

TMJ can cause tinnitus; specifically there is a nerve connecting your jaw to the areas near your ear. Damage to this nerve, e.g., caused by years of unmitigated clenching/grinding at night or by an injury, can cause this. A neurologist may help suggest some tests. In the case of TMJ, there's a specific CT scan that will identify damaged cartilage below the ear that is typically linked to tinnitus.

I have mild tinnitus. When I move my jaw forward the sound intensives strongly, and then fades when my jaw relaxes. So there is definitely a connection for me.

Re: Tinnitus Treatment from Neuromod

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Post by [deleted] »

Thaxll wrote: post #20
quaffapint wrote: post #4

I've often wondered why sometimes it's worse than others. It's always there. I always hear the ringing, but most times I can ignore it, but there are other times it just seems so much louder. I would like to know what all those triggers are so I can try to avoid them. Some are obvious - real loud noises, heavy exercise, etc, but others not so much.

I have really strong tinnitus either when: - I did not sleep enough - I wake up in the middle of my sleep - I drink a lot of alcohol - There is a lot of noise arround me - In few cases it's just random and get stronger for no apparent reasons

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