Recent content by UKBloke

I often feel like that just before going away. A couple of years ago, on holiday, reactive tinnitus underlined the entire trip. But in retrospect, I figured it was better to have endured the spike in the sun with a beer rather than at home, where it was going to do its thing spiking anyway...

It's small moments like this that enable us to claw our way out of the dark with reactive tinnitus, which is a very difficult condition to manage. For me, it's been a very slow road this time round; probably about five or so years. I think everybody's path is different. If the me from today...

There's definitely a psychology to dealing with tinnitus. Perhaps more so where worsenings after long periods of stability are concerned. My tinnitus was stable for circa 25 years until it went off like a crazy firework (including reactivity) after excessive headphone use about 7 years ago. So...

Stick to facts. Auricle are either moving forward with what they have (a product where the blinding process has not been tested), or they're going to have to re-run the trial. If they re-run the trial, they must either crossover (in line with their original promise to do proper science...

Interpreting a demand for the gold-standard science we have been promised as a lack of empathy is one of the most inverted comments I've read on here. Over the years, I've seen good, knowledgeable people driven away from these forums by that kind of tone. You should take your grievance up with...

Are you advocating for the release of a less-rigorously tested device? I think the trial design went wrong, definitely. As for the device, beyond timing changes, I don't really see how much road they have left in terms of developing it.

Evidently, those of us not in direct contact with Auricle are not privy to the latest information. I should also add that we don't know whether or not those of us who are in close contact with Auricle, but not directly associated with the company, are privy either. That side of the current...

I have not forgotten that last year, after their pivotal trial, which left many questions unanswered, Susan Shore and Jon Pearson completely shut down communication with Tinnitus Talk. That is why I find it really strange that, out of nowhere, a Q&A has now been announced. Susan Shore is almost...

Your doctor sounds like quite an open-minded person for suggesting grounding. I'm convinced there's something to it. I remember Mrs Elmer buying the other Toyota hybrid a couple of years ago. If you recall, Mrs UKB was also talking about changing her car around the same time. Well, enjoy your...

Great news, E. Time now to start cultivating that beard again ;)

ROCK 'N' FUCKIN' ROLL, E!!! I'm overjoyed for you. Nice timing too with Spring just around the corner. Much love to you and Mrs E.

Thanks, Ann! :beeranimation: EDIT: It got pinged back: I found reference to his personal website with contact details on LinkedIn but that timed out. Dunno...

I recently happened upon this paper authored by, Thomas Gisiger and Mounir Boukadoum, entitled: Mechanisms gating the flow of information in the cortex: what they might look like and what their uses may be Although there is no mention of tinnitus in the paper, the references to neural AND...

@Elmer B Fuddled, how you doing, E?

To be honest, I've largely skirted the "type of damage" debate because of the major problem I see with quantifying it. But I do think this is where Peter McNaughton's work can be interesting with, "temporary tinnitus after hearing damage", being a good example. We could have a case of...