Recent content by Joeseph Stope

Show me the data! And I say that with some embarrassment, as I learned today that Trump is lambasting the Europeans—for what? For buying cheap Russian oil. No surprise there. My guess is it is probably the Hungarians or the Slovakians, since they are often eager to please Putin regardless of...

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/09/03/trumps-persistent-idiocy-has-hugely-diminished-americas-standing-in-world-affairs/ Trump's persistent idiocy has hugely diminished America's standing in world affairs US president confuses anxiety and obsequiousness he produces in other world...

Bowled over by your scholarship in this specialized area of medicine. I recall one post from @Nick47, not so far back, I believe from this year, where he mentioned that some form of delivery method, specifically injection, had fallen into disrepute. Was it the intra-tympanic delivery or the...

Image-wise, it looks like Trump has dropped a clanger. He imposes his 50% tariff on India, allegedly because they are buying Russian oil and gas. China then steps in to take up the slack and supports India with a favorable trade deal. Who wins, who loses? I suppose the market will tell. China’s...

View from the back of the class. Well, I guess the study might be useful in its own way. When rejuvenating the hair cells or synapses, it is important to keep the noise level down for a few weeks.

Hey! Is this my birthday, Christmas, or what? I never thought they would arrive in the height of summertime! Before and after my first encounter with tinnitus, I was pretty much in perfect health. That made me believe there must be some simple cause, like a tiny screw loose in my ear that just...

Much appreciation and applause for the time and patient effort devoted to this examination. And no fault with the firm involved. They were quite upfront, but rather expensive.

Duh… can we conclude that Enbrel causes tinnitus, then? I’d say there must have been other factors involved as well. For example, prolonged negative stress, loud noise, infection, or age, which are the usual causes. Or maybe I should be more patient with the pharmaceutical sector, since they...

Well, in France, during August, the whole country goes on vacation?

Interesting point. The drug is targeted at those with blast-induced tinnitus. It seems that army veterans would be the ones most likely to need treatment for this. Florida has no shortage of army bases, so did he advertise properly in the areas near them, as well as in veterans’ hospitals?

Early-onset patients in the acute phase of tinnitus are often driven by the fear that if they don’t cure it quickly, it will become chronic and permanent. But if you’re already a chronic case, I suppose it’s only natural to weigh things up and think, “If there’s a risk of it getting much worse...

I hope that Professor Shore is strong, healthy, and enjoying her retirement. Duh… what was that story about Fermat’s Last Theorem? :unsure:

This looks very promising.

Really good video, but many of us cannot listen to the sound due to Hyperacusis. I wonder if there is a transcript that covers the basics. The subtitles are too small and move too quickly. Maybe I should get a magnifying glass. It is great to hear that something else is on the way. If Auricle...

How I wish I had paid more attention during my statistics course back then. I can clearly recall a unique occasion when human trials were interrupted, and the medication was approved early. That was during the AIDS epidemic, and the reasoning was straightforward. The drug had passed both animal...