Recent content by Nyx

I rarely post here but tests are fun.

Trump permanently banned from Twitter :ROFL: https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/suspension.html

I should really learn to shut up about tinnitus to healthcare workers. Went to the doctor for unrelated reasons today, and was asked about my mental health. I didn't have the energy to put on a fake smile and lie so I told her about tinnitus and how it's making me suicidal. You can probably...

https://waitbutwhy.com/2017/04/neuralink.html This was written 3 years ago as Neuralink was created but it's still very relevant. The author is a Musk fanboy but really good at making complicated stuff easy to understand. It's long (like 197 PDF pages equivalent long) but worth the read if...

I wore plugs while bicycling to the store and back (~30 mins) on a very hot day, I'm guessing my moist and warm ear was an ideal environment for bacteria. My left ear canal has been super itchy, sore and slightly swollen for 4 days now. Tinnitus has spiked a bit, hopefully temporarily. How to...

Trump wants to delay the election:

https://www.medtechmagazine.se/article/view/723146/cochlearity_nytt_medtechbolag_i_coronakrisen "The company is developing a non-invasive product that will help people with tinnitus by sending sound in the form of white noise into the ear. It will partly consist of an instrument and partly of...

Maybe they think hair cell damage has a bigger impact on tinnitus than cochlear synaptopathy? With that assumption people with bad tinnitus would be more likely to have larger damage in their hair cells, reducing the potential for improvement with this drug and making them bad participants for...