Tinnitus Talk Support Forum

I would love to walk up to me ENT tape headphones to his head and blast high pitched noise... too bad I can't even leave the house

@IAmCalifornia It would be really nice to make them feel the same pain and then see if they would still treat Tinnitus as a non-issue and basically tell every patient to fuck-off

One ENT told me cochlear hair cell regeneration was a century away.

@Contrast Its definitely closer than a century. I think maybe 10 years given the huge profits involved i hope its sooner but I could be wrong. The ENT's make a lot of money from hearing aids and its obvious they don't want what's best for patients these days so they aren't going to be happy when hair cell regeneration is released since it will hurt there hearing aid market.

We'll I think it varies from ENT to ENT. The second ENT I talked to knew about the work of Charles Liberman and Frequency Therapeutics HC regeneration trials.

Are they actually lobbying?!?!

It must vary by country, but none of the ENTs that I saw made money from the sale of hearing aids. On the other hand, audiologists at hearing aid centers do.

I suspect ENTs make most of their money from correcting sinus problems and sinus surgeries.

@IAmCalifornia Yes, the are actively lobbying. Last year when Congress passed the Hearing Aid Act 2017 which enables people to get hearing aids for hundreds instead of thousands of dollars and program them on there own the audiologist and ENT association put up big money and tried to convince congress not to pass the law. Luckily for everyone they failed.

@Charles_T Bastards

That is not the same as lobbying against a cure. They lobbied because there is concern consumers could damage their hearing if they fail to correctly program their hearing aids. This article discusses some of the pros and cons: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nationalreview.com/2017/07/otc-hearing-aids-not-consumer-friendly-not-medically-sound/amp/