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Although Cochlear Limited are still recruiting for their trial, the study start 2025-06-16 is registered as "Actual". I suppose that means they're at it?

The trial is registered as "Not yet recruiting" at ClinicalTrials.gov. The estimated start was 2025-10. A newsletter dated 2025-11-06 and signed by Douglas Hartley, Chief Medical Officer at Rinri Therapeutics, states: Rinri Therapeutics webiste elaborates: They're still game, but will take...

I do. You nave noise-induced tinnitus and you have tension-induced tinnitus. Different things. But even if your tinnitus is mostly caused by noise, it can be worsened by tensions. (I am not good at the scientific stuff, so I simply choose to believe anecdotic experiences from people here at...

The effects on tinnitus, if any, are uncertain. FDA has decided to give the drug a special treatment, but no approval yet.

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...

Trigger warning: morbid answer. I agree that death, probably, is the only getaway from tormenting tinnitus. However, we are all going to die eventually. It is inevitable. Why not stay around until the moment comes around by itself? If you can manage one more day, then you can manage to end...

Life is like being inside a room with only one door. Eventually, we’ll open that door and step out. So why rush something that draws closer with every passing second?

My tinnitus is very loud. It has gradually become worse because I failed to avoid additional noise traumas. I am very sensitive to stress, so I am quite familiar with tormenting nights. Right now, my ears are screaming worse than ever. On Friday evening, I fell asleep from exhaustion, and...

Excellent stuff. Thanks.

There are different philosophies about earplugs. I’m sure constant use contributes to sensitivity, but I see the risk of noise accidents as a bigger problem. Sooner or later, they always seem to happen.

A member of TT, @I who love music, once participated in a music event while wearing hearing protection. It was only later that he realized sound can also travel through bone conduction. He suffered what he describes as severe tinnitus for two years, but eventually it became lower. Your wife’s...

1. Tinnitus often decreases somewhat over time. You may not return fully to your previous baseline, but you should see improvement if you take good care of yourself. Protecting your ears is crucial. You didn’t mention whether you wore earplugs at the party, but I hope you did. They can make a...

Your tinnitus can certainly get worse if you push yourself. Whenever you find yourself wondering, “Should I wear earplugs when…,” my advice is to use them. Not only do they protect you from everyday noise, but they also protect against loud surprise noises such as ambulance sirens, fire alarms...

May I ask what clinic you went to?

Your tinnitus might get permanently worse if you are accidentally exposed to police sirens, fire alarms, car alarms, popping balloons, kids playing with fireworks et cetera. Using earplugs too much is not where the danger lies.

Reading her story, I doubt it was natural healing. I believe the treatment worked somewhat. Fun fact: The doctor who carried out the treatment is a loose cannon. I researched him: a former beauty surgeon who turned to stem cells for money. He got a client killed due to unprofessionalism. I'm...

Foam earplugs and custom-made silicon ones have similiar effectiveness against low-frequency sounds. But against higher frequencies - fire alarms, ambulance sirens et cetera - foam is much better. Not sure what plastic earplugs is, but if they don't enter the inner-ear canal, I advice you to...

Properly inserted foam earplugs are the best hearing protection on planet Earth. You won't find anything on the market that protects more. What you could do is to use double protection, i.e. both foam earplugs and earmuffs. That will provide another 4-5 dB noise reduction.

Tinnitus is taking its toll on me as well. I am currently in the process of saving up money for a stem cell treatment, so I'm highly interested in seeing if any relevant clinic appears in US. (Cheaper and easier travel compared to Bangkok, and perhaps cheaper treatment as well.) It would be big...

I glanced over Innate Healthcare's web page, and I must say I like the fact that they stick to UC-MSCs (not yet another ex beauty surgeon who does adipose stem cell treatment as a get-rich-quick scheme). Pricing also looks appealing. @attheedgeofscience benefitted from a treatment of a measly...

A couple of questions from someone who doesn't understand the scientific aspects particularly well... @SmallRonnie has been in touch with several stem cell clinics in US that offer umbilical cord MSCs. Are you saying these cell products, in comparison to what are offered at StemCells21, are of...

I suffer from relatively nasty tinnitus. I work out quite a lot (the gym and running). No negative effects of whatsoever. Should be the same for you, because despite different symptoms, it's all nerve damage in the end. I like to believe that nerve injure can heal a little over time if you live...

I agree that was a response that sounds credible. May I ask what clinic it was? (If there are clinics in the West that use USC and appears honest, then they are perhaps worth to consider instead of StemCells21. The travel will be cheaper and perhaps the treatment as well.)

You did much, much better than you realize right now. You should congratulate yourself for not being pulled in by the evil disguised as helpers called ENTs. The tympanometry might have caused you a setback. The next test, the acoustic reflex test, would have turned your life in to a...

No, that's a misunderstanding. I have not done any regenerative therapy to date. I am presently in the phase of saving up the money for it.

JohnAdams was clearly bullish on the treatment after having completed it, but the results from Tinnitus Talk members who tried it is so far inconclusive. I will now make an effort not to lurk this thread until the beginning of September, when we should have the early results from @scotty03874's...

https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/solsaem-clinic-dr-minbo-shim-experience.33543/page-59

This being Dr. Shim and TS I presume. Cool pic. Regenerative therapies, in practical terms Dr. Shim and/or StemCells21, are the only kind of treatments that have a record of actually bringing results. Dr. Shim's injections, judging from @JohnAdams's experience, are heavy artillery. It would be...

Subjective hearing tests won't provide reliable measurement, so hopefully they used technical devices. The attenuation some people seem to get from foam earplugs is just crazy high, especially for the higher frequencies.

One may expect that, in the real world, 80- 90% of trained and motivated users should be able to achieve an attenuation of about 15 dB for broad band noise and about 20 dB for high-frequency noise. These are thus realistic values to base a hearing conservation program on. [...] The main purpose...

Yeah, I recall a similar exchange in relation to a thread about shooting and hearing protection. Page 14 in the Navy's study provides an image with attenuation in relation to insertation depth. If you are to obtain 22 dB, then you would have to insert the earplug so deep I'm not sure I...

When I've read up on the topic online, the sources have told me that foam earplugs have better sound proofing qualities: During the development of an intelligent hearing protection and communication system the attenuation of two different earplugs were measured. Both earplugs were measured...

Custom-made earplugs are only beneficial if you want an even attenuation across different frequencies. For maximum protection, ordinary foam earplugs are better. They have a more reliable fit and a higher attenuation. You won't get 30 dB of protection in real life with any kind of hearing...

MRI scans are loud, so they can cause or worsen tinnitus. Make sure your foam earplugs are well inserted and make sure the earmuffs is a model that is allowed. Metal parts is a no-no, so you may have to buy special ones. If so, I would advise to postpone the scan until you have bought an allowed...

Cool that you are getting a regenerative medicine procedure done (y) Any updates on how things work out will be highly appreciated.

Tinnitus spikes can take months to settle. When they do, habituation once again becomes possible. I've been through that cycle a few times. A few weeks is a relative short time frame in my opinion. Bad luck can always spoil it, though. I would make the use of earplugs a daily routine while...

Not wearing hearing protection can significantly worsen your hyperacusis in case you are accidentally exposed to a harmfully loud noise. (Fire alarm, a kid popping a balloon, ambulance sirens and so on.) That's one aspect you may want to consider. Save from that, constant protection will most...

I may have been at it longer than you, but my life situation makes tinnitus easier to endure. No kids, only work part time, and life-long meditator. Unless my tinnitus gets a lot worse due to some accident, I get to recover. Your problem seems to be that you don't get to recover at all. This...

I don't believe the incidents you describe were enough to cause permanent damage. My own experience is that the worsenings from minor, temporary injuries can be aggravated by stress, depression etc. If you keep protecting your ears and wait, getting back to where you were 4 months ago doesn't...

It sounds like the clinic in Ukraine is the real deal, then. Good to know. Tinnitus Talk sure can be an interesting source of information, all thank to its great members and, not to forget, creators.

You have obviously researched crypto currencies extensively, and investing in them have worked out like a charm. Good for you (y) That said, if you are still all in on crypto, then some degree of diversification might be worth to consider. Crypto is treated as a high risk asset, regardless of...

Hi, Could you tell us a bit more about the post concussion symptom and how it improved? How long did it take after the treatment until you started to notice an effect? I'm highly interested in undergoing stem cell treatment myself, so your input is greatly appreciated :)

My experience is that a quiet lifestyle isn't always enough. Sooner or later, there are unfortunate incidents: car alarms, fire alarms, burglar alarms, fireworks, popping balloons or something else. Using foam earplugs more or less always is the only protection that really works. (Pretty...

Noise-canceling headphones works poorly against high-pitched noise. Foam earplugs, if correctly inserted (google for instructions), is the best hearing protection on planet Earth. Use them when you are exposed to those train brakes or other kind of loud noises. You want to protect your...

You have gotten back on your feet before and can probably make it once again. It might not feel that way right now, but it's the likely outcome. I have been in the tinnitus setback pit a few times over, so I'm speaking from experience. Things are about to become less painful. One advice...

Congratulations on the improvements you did experience and thanks for the update @Tau. It seems we can conclude that stem cell secretome treatment at Anove in Germany is not a very good option for tinnitus sufferers.