Head-Mounted Device for Motion Sickness Reduces Tinnitus

Not sure if there is another thread on this, but these guys, "Otolith Labs", officially have a tinnitus trial. Here's the qualification link:

https://otolithlabs.us18.list-manag...b7f7b8033c3cc3ba32&id=05ba7403eb&e=e6c0bae521

 

They're going to have a tough time finding participants since floaters are a disqualifier.

 

I did their little survey and got the "you would be a good candidate for our trial", but let's see if they allow Europeans to join the trial.

I emailed them.

Digging a bit deeper into their (crappy) website I found this relevant stuff:







Side note: as mentioned, the website is a bit crappy. A couple of links not working etc... But who knows.

 

This thing will work?

 

I've enrolled in the study and will report back after the two-week trial.

 

Do you have the device!?

 

Not yet. I just had the intro meeting today with Otolith. I should have the device by next week.

 

Godspeed with the trial! Please post as progress. You didn't have to sign an NDA I hope?

 

I just re-reviewed the signed consent form and nope, no NDA in there.

 

So I'm pretty much done with this trial aside from the close out call on Monday. They had me wear two devices separately for a week each. The device is a transducer that rests against the bone behind the right ear and vibrates. There's different levels of vibration and I was told to adjust depending on therapeutic effect. They sent two devices to have one act as a placebo though I'm not exactly sure how. The only difference between the two devices was that the transducer on the second device was larger.

To note, I have bilateral tinnitus with tones that fluctuate on a daily basis including ringing, static, and buzzing. I'm pretty sure my tinnitus is due to progressive sensorineural hearing loss I've had since I was a teenager. I currently have moderate-moderately severe losses at 4 kHz and above, and none to moderate at the lower frequencies. I haven't had any particular acoustic traumas that triggered my worsening last August, though I suspected my AirPods Pro that I used semi-frequently. I'm not sure if my hearing loss is due to genetics, but do plan to do genetic testing in the near future.

After using both devices, I did not notice any improvement from either; I was expecting this for the most part. Using the device did not worsen my tinnitus. The Otolith staff were super helpful and they made it clear that they're running this trial to see exactly what kinds of tinnitus would see benefit from this device. I do hope that the device ends up helping others.

 

I just signed up.