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A more positive yet still logically consistent take on this kind of placebo-arithmetic might be to consider that in an actual therapeutic setting, no one will know whether any effect is from placebo or not. One might speculate that the placebo effect will be more transient in some way, but there...

The Stanford audiologist I saw knew who Dr. Shore was.

Nice to see Dr. Shore's device get more mainstream(ish) attention on a YouTube channel with almost 8 million subscribers:

Decibel isn’t actually a unit of loudness at all, perceived or otherwise. Decibel is just a log scaling of a ratio, kind of like saying “twice as much”, but logarithmic instead of linear. In acoustics, the values being compared are often sound pressure levels. In this case, dB comparison =...

Not just worse tinnitus, but further hearing loss due to aging. My perceived tinnitus frequency is right on the upper edge of my audible spectrum. It’s inevitable that eventually that frequency will be completely inaudible to me. It really is a race against time situation.

I wonder how they plan to sham control in a way that isn’t obvious to the subject.

In my opinion, the trouble with Musk is that his claims are particularly unreliable. So if what one believes to be the state of this type of research comes primary from Musk or Musk-controlled entities, then ignoring his relationship to Neuralink is probably not advisable, even for a minute...

As someone who once worked on Tesla’s Autopilot team, and having seen how the sausage is made there, I would advise serious caution. I never want to dash anyone’s hopes, but please do be careful with this.

This would assume that the loudness of the tinnitus tone was independent of physical sound stimulus. I can assert firmly that, for me, this is not the case: I have multiple tinnitus tones, and they can at times be residually inhibited by physical tones that are perceived by me to be quieter than...

This idea that perceived loudness does not correspond to suffering is such obvious nonsense. For example, a tone that was perceived at the equivalent of 10 dB SPL would not be noticed except in the quietest of conditions. And at the equivalent to 100 dB SPL would make it hardly possible to hear...

As I understand it, the audio component of this treatment is intended to be at the patient’s perceived tinnitus frequency. But I wonder what that will mean for those of us with ultra high-pitched tinnitus. Has there been any mention of frequency range limitations of the treatment or even of the...

This would describe mine, as well. It seems to be common. I would really like to understand the mechanism of action w.r.t. sleep. I can imagine a few models, I suppose. Some sort of signaling or inhibitory chemical build up? Or the reverse? I suppose there is so much that is not understood about...

I’ve tried the over-the-counter 4% Lidocaine patches. I put them on the back of my neck. They don’t have any quick-acting effect on my tinnitus, nothing within a day or so. Maybe if I used one everyday there could be a cumulative effect eventually, but I haven’t done that.

Volume definitely matters. There does seem to be this notion that on bad days, you’re just noticing it more. For me, that is definitely not the case. I can do a level match comparison, and my actual perception of volume is louder on bad days. And bad days are much more bothersome. For me, it’s...

Are the Will Sedley sounds freely available somewhere?