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There is more going on than just the SSD. Rinri Therapeutics is researching regenerative cell therapy to regenerate damaged auditory neurons. Recently, scientists managed to keep a slice of cochlea alive outside the body, allowing them to observe how hair cells amplify sound. These are just a...

@Yu.3, your experience almost exactly matches mine. It started for me at the end of April 2024, so I’m also about 18 months into this. I have occasional “good days,” but they’re inevitably followed by bad ones. I still get ridiculously optimistic when I have a run of good days and fool myself...

That's awful. I'm so sorry that happened to you. I can imagine how you must feel.

I’m almost a year into my tinnitus experience and still have not habituated. I continue to struggle with sleep, which remains the most difficult symptom I deal with. Getting good sleep is at the top of my list of needs. I do take medication to help with that. Most nights, I take 1 mg of...

It seems unclear because in the summary of that paper it says the following... but the paper did also say this...

Doctors in Turkey seem to treat tinnitus well.

I’m coming up on a year in April, and mine also varies a lot. I have a Morse code tone, which is the worst because it’s so hard to ignore. Sometimes it’s in the background, and I don’t notice it, but other times it makes it impossible to sleep. I also have an ache in my other ear that...

I find sleeping to be the most challenging aspect of living with tinnitus. Good sleep is essential for overall well-being. Most nights, I take 1 mg of Melatonin. On nights when I need deep, uninterrupted sleep, I also take 3.25 mg of Zopiclone, though I limit this to about once a week.

Unfortunately, I’ve had a setback, and my tinnitus is worse than ever. I had a colonoscopy two weeks ago, and a couple of days after that, my tinnitus spiked. Since then, it has been shrill, loud, and incredibly annoying. One morning, I was lying in bed when my whole head was filled with an...

I just found this article. I'm not sure if there's anything new in it: Genetic Reprogramming Regenerates Lost Hair Cells in the Mature Mouse Inner Ear

There seems to be some progress in objectively measuring tinnitus: https://hearingpractitionernews.com.au/bionics-institute-trialling-world-first-diagnostic-tool-to-measure-tinnitus/

I wanted to share an update. I’m now coping significantly better with my tinnitus. The sound is definitely far less irritating than it was during the first five months. When I do hear it, it doesn’t bother me much. I attended a wedding last weekend (wearing musician’s earplugs) and experienced...

Can you describe your acoustic trauma? It’s possible that those tones developed independently of the Methylprednisolone. I’m almost six months out from my own acoustic trauma, and I didn’t take any prednisone, yet I also have morse code-like tinnitus and other tones. Depending on how soon after...

I miss the count of unread/new posts that was displayed on the old site.

Hi Stanley, I’m really sorry to hear that you’re struggling. You’ve been dealing with tinnitus for over 40 years, which is such a long time, and I think you probably know more about this condition than most people. As for me, I’m new to it, having only been suffering for 5 months, so I don’t...