Recent content by Don Tinny

Hi all. Long story short. I'm 37 years old. Despite tinnitus, I was doing quite well two weeks ago, but things became darker when my father-in-law died at 71. Now I think about death all the time. I even stopped dreaming about a "cure" for my tinnitus, because "I will die anyways". "Why is...

This is very important. People can ruin improvements when they get more confidence. I'm living proof. The damage is cumulative and each time your tinnitus needs less and less sound to reborn, and it gets worse each time.

Same thing happens to me. Seems like there is a link between movement and sound perception. Just from Google: Stop and listen: Study shows how movement affects hearing

Really? It was nothing for me. When someone says "I have it too, I hear it when I go to sleep" I always think "no, you don't have it".

Which option is better for damaged ears? 1) A 2 hour flight (normal airplane, not the quietest ever built). 2) Driving 15 hours on a road trip in a new affordable car. 7 or 8 hours per day at 70 mph.

I only took a plane once in my life before tinnitus (it was very, very mild). So I have almost 0 experience flying. But days ago a friend told me "I think the landing damaged my ears, I have muffled hearing since then". He was chewing gum, so maybe that trick doesn't work for everyone.

Useful, but what about barotrauma? That's what I fear about flying.

Anyone else trying Naltrexone? How about sexual side effects?

News and updates about this the next 3 years and then nothing. That's all.

I think those theories are BS. Chronic tinnitus usually fluctuates and we have moderate and severe days, so it can change.

Maybe severe tinnitus is not as profitable a market as we think. Most people have it in a mild form and there is a lack of interest.

I wonder why research is developing in such different directions. Seems like there are 10 possible treatments but we have nothing today. So frustrating.

Can OTO-313 affect the glutamate levels in the whole brain or does it just work in the cochlea? I know it's locally injected but I talk about systemic absorption.

It improves. I agree. It's not always habituation, it can fade a lot over time (years). But loud sounds are everywhere, and one day you ruin your improvement going to a party, a concert or working in a loud environment, and finally it gets worse.