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Has the question list gone to Autifony ? if not why? If so is the response available? If not when will it be available?

Take any medical report from the express with a pinch of salt.

Given the scale of the problem and the invisible suffering, a multi billion grant is in order to understand the issues, develop treatments and...

I understand the European autifony trials are for tinnitus, do the findings then read across to the FDA? We are a patient lot waiting year on...

I would be over the moon with a 50% reduction in tinnitus and hyperacusis say with no or little discernible side effects, that would be a real...

Exciting stuff - it appears Affichem might complete preclinical work in Sept so can move intoc clinical trials - anyoneone know it that sounds right?

I dont know where Autifony got the info that 18 month is the time period for shift of tinnitus from a peripheral issue a central one: The...

Does anyone have the Phase 1 results for AU0063, in particular the safety and side effect results, given the side effects of Regitbane another K...

I dont want to startle reflex you: , but there is a lot of gaps to be filled here. The paper below is from 2014, I saw a couple of papers from...

:) I believe there has been some recent papers on the differences between rodents and human regading perception of tinnitus based on gap...

Ok so they have deisgned SF0034 by incorporating a fluorine substituent in the 3-position of the tri-aminophenyl ring of retigabine. This appears...

Crikey just had a look at the consortium members - this is a really powerful group http://www.otostem.org/partners/index.html

Thanks - the more the merrier

Overall it looks like there are some good papers and research being discussed at this conference, it's certainly an improvement from the earlier...

This is easy to read article about K channels and relevance to tinnitus: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/245357.php

Good to see Autifony is getting increased funding. I am very keen on the objective measure being developed with AOHL Newcatle Uni etc, athough...

I beg to differ, one of the chief architects of TRT, maintained that TRT cured tinnitus, and of course this claim was taken up by the TRT lobby....

it will make better trials if it is successful, if they can objectively measure the tinnitus, then that become an e;igibility criteria for a...

This demonstrates that Autifony and Action on Hearing loss, are working on having an objective measure for tinnitus. This is good news, whether...

Anyone aware of this spin off project from Autifony. Seems like Autifony want an objective measure:...

Does anyone know the milestones ? When is Autifony Phase 2 for tinnitus complete and more importantly when will results be reported?

These guys have been waffling on about VNS for years, I know they have gained a lot of funding for their research - I haven't seen any objective...

I see TRI has on its main page a link to TRIH, which is NOT an initiative of TRI. TRIH which is Translational Reserch Initiative for Hearing is...

From Portugal: http://dev.biologists.org/content/142/11/1948

Here is more: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-05-inner-ear-hair-cells-advances-deafness.html#inlRlv This is very encouraging, not only have...

Interesting graphic but your conclusion may not be correct. Take a simple example - the light is on in your room. You conclude I can;t reduce the...

AOHL stand for Action on Hearing Loss, a pre-eminent charity for hearing disorders and tinnitus based in the UK. THey have carried out ground...

Good article based on a paper published in 2011. means the work may have been carried out 2005 - 2009? This is too slow and demonstrates that the...

The main cause of tinnitus is acoutic trauma. The main roadblock to effective treatments is lack of govt funding ie they dont care about the...

been hearing this for years , the timescale has dropped from 5 to 10 or 10-20 years to within 5 years. I have seen progress but there has been...

Here is a bit from the patent on tinnitus Hearing loss represents an epidemic that affects approximately 16% of the population in Europe and the...

Cant see cost being an issue if it proves successful. Cost will come down and the speed of the therapy will improve. Thats a given. On the NHS for...

Suggest this is filed under 'Alternative Treatment and Research.'

I dont know what feedback participants need to give, but it may be and A-B-A test A = baseline ie no autifony B = with autifony ie test the...

The RTNE hospital on Grays Inn Rd should be at the very least looking at the HIFU machine at the Royal Marsden and ideally conducting some trials....

If it works it will be fast tracked.

Here is what HIFU procedure looks like, at best it is very precise surgery, without the surgeon and the risks of surgery,...

This all seems a bit flakey to me. How much have they got in govt grants etc over the years?

Looks like the NHS are looking at this for cancer in the UK, and also that Ablatherm ( the French co that makes HIFU) is seeking de novo rather...

Your head will be in a fixed position during the procedure which is short. The ablate precisely the spot of interest, the accuracy is high, HIFU...

Of course it would be a 3D scan pinpointing the exact location to be ablated, the location is fixed by the MRI. THe focussed ultrasound targets...

The reasons its so expensive at present are many eg it may be offered by private clinics only at present so there is a profit motive which would...

THe key problem is that the r&d is not seamless and not being expedited, this is adding decades to the search for a cure.To find a cure sooner we...

There is no cure at the brain 2 clinic as far as I can see, There is jiggery pokery magnetic stimatulion that may or may not give some releif for...

Another scam - dont buy it

Interesting, now when will the results of this study be picked up and investigated further. It should be immediate and seamless, if govts ( who...

I am disappointed to see that TT has effectively a shop front for TRT. This idea that there are only a few witchdoctors around the world who can...

Its a good working assumption that Autifony drug will not work. If it does work its a bonus. Endless speculation as to who what why mechanisms ,...

The Cochrane report has has already comprehensively demolished the arguments in support of TRT.

That paper is a rag - dont believe it. Headline says 'drug to end tinnitus hell' then rehashes what is essentialy old news about the trial. There...

I have mainly been involved in highlighting research and new developments and also exposing dodgy treatments. However I see advocacy as being the...

true, its a start, it may lead to something, maybe something unexpected.

Clearly more govt funding is needed to expedite the research. A massive increase is required.

This seems a crude, inelegant heath robinson type treatment

I can appreciate how this might work, at sound ow amplitudes the eardrum would behave as normal , for higher amplitudes it would be stiffer, trick...