Elon Musk’s Neuralink Looking to Treat Tinnitus

It is a breakthrough in some ways. Absolutely. I feel like it will be extremely useful for research and diagnostically for certain conditions. It has potential for treating certain conditions.

My skepticism is only in sound quality because brainstem implants (given to people who have had their cochlea removed), transmit sound directly to the brainstem have abysmal sound quality because they lack the tuning functions of the cochlea. Maybe the right programs could circumvent this but this is something that hasn't, thus far, been fully worked out with otoacoustic research in general and in Neuralink's own animal studies, you can't get a head start on the programming because you can't ask the pig.

I would feel better about the potential for Neuralink's hearing functions if they would address the otoacoustic challenges and how they plan to solve this because I feel otherwise that this tech is much further away for at least that use than presented and can't really even begin to be sorted out until human studies start.

 

Still waiting for this, I 10000% will still ablate nerves, veins and entire ears if this thing works.

 

Something tells me Elon has been smoking a bit too much and this treatment will be available sometime around man's colonisation of Mars. Not for a while...

 

Not to mention the fact that real medicine is looking literally like it is going to be ready earlier and is probably more effective too.

 

Hopefully this will allow nerves to be bypassed. First one getting cut out is lucky number 5, no more spasms and pain.

 

This Elon guy is already putting Neuralink into monkeys. First pigs, now monkeys. I guess he missed the memo on using mice for preclinical trials.

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Tinnitus can be fatal as well. When it drives you to suicide. If Neuralink was proven to work, I'd do it tomorrow.

 

This thing could teleport me into a virtual world where the only thing we do is play Mario Kart for eternity. As long as I'm hearing loss and tinnitus free, I'm good.