Hey :) Ideas are always welcome. Yes, we even had an intern for six months some years back, where lots of outreach was involved. Results were, sadly, abysmal. The ones with >500K subscribers start to be difficult to get a response from, and the big ones with >1M subscribers are more or less unreachable. Tinnitus is not just a very engaging topic and we didn't have luck with less popular channels either.
That summarizes it pretty much, Damocles. You'd be hard-pressed to find popular channels to do PSAs out of the goodness of their hearts. They'd rather advertise yet another VPN service. It either requires pre-existing connections with the creators or money. I'm sure there are exceptions and if you keep trying long enough, you'll find a success. But we need to also pick our fights, with the little resources we have.
For now I'm just happy there's an organisation (give you a clue: it's not the ATA or the BTA) making it known to researchers in tinnitus, that there's a collective who are interested in: their work, its results and giving them lots of money if it does what it's supposed to. The rapid advancements in medical technology right now, make this the better focus (I think).
Hi @Markku, A thought. So many mentioned inquiry regarding reporting their cause of their T/H, (other than that little known one for covid/vaccine). I don't think there is one anywhere? A direct easy link/color button on TT's front pg. to report, would be useful? Even if one doesnt want to post but just report. Results for both awareness & present to whomever to make changes for public ear safety.
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