Recent content by Vincent R

If there is no going back, what could a path forward look like? You can't fix your tinnitus. What can you do? These are the kind of questions I ask myself to keep going. Usually, there are lots of things I can come up with that are related not to the past but to the future.

That's a real tricky one. I honestly don't know what I would do in your situation. Perhaps I'd ask them how likely an actual medical intervention is (brain surgery or whatever). If you go ahead with an MRI, make sure to use double protection. (Properly inserted foam earplugs and ear muffs on...

I would personally only agree to an MRI if there was a clear-cut path to a treatment that would improve my health. For example, if there is a good reason to suspect a brain tumour and I have a brain surgeon standing on the sideline, ready to go. Doing an MRI just to check things up in general...

No. If I participated in a video meeting, I used the built-in computer speakers. I don't know how well subtitles work out in Zoom, but in Teams and Google Meet, it's okayish.

Teams and Google Meet have a function called Subtitles. Zoom should have it as well. You can have the volume on zero while reading what people are saying. (I started to use the function to avoid noise accidents during video meetings.)

As far as treating the symptoms is concerned, I feel more optimistic about the attempts to imitate the relief that cochlear implants can provide. They aim to remove the trigger, which is the absence of input. In this case, the trigger would still be present in full force, while the drug is...

It is cool that there are biotech companies that continue to try. However, as far as I understand it, the drug does not aim to heal the underlying cause, which is the damage to the inner ear, but instead to compensate for it by calming the neurons that react because the damaged inner ear is...

DON'T wear foam earplugs at the dentist. The occlusion effect will amplify drilling noise. Ask the dentist to take a pause every fifth second - insist if necessary. Also, take a hefty dosage of NAC and magnesium before and after. Generally speaking, foam earplugs are a good idea whenever...

Dentist drilling seems like a possible cause. I doubt your dentist will be able to provide meaningful answers, as they usually don’t have knowledge about tinnitus. You need to protect your hearing to make sure your symptoms don’t get worse. There is already some damage, and you don’t want it to...

Quite right. Sorry if my phrasing was unclear. I did not mean to say that the study has been called off, only that its start date is now more uncertain.

The rainbow emoticon now informally means "Good luck".

Cilcare no longer writes on their website that the interventional trials against tinnitus will start during 2026. I suppose that means we are in for a long wait. Personally, I find CIL001 much more interesting than Susan Shore's device. I mean, I hope it eventually hits the market and that...

A loud metallic bang out of nowhere as I was waiting for the train. Even though I was wearing double hearing protection, the incoming spike is sure to be torture. There's no escape from this cycle of agony.

I underwent surgery on my left wrist and noticed no worsening of my tinnitus. I assume they will give you antibiotics, so you may want to make sure they are not using an ototoxic brand. Opiates can worsen tinnitus. If they give you a lot of morphine pills to take after surgery, nod politely but...