Lenire: Retrospective Chart Review Demonstrating Effectiveness of Bimodal Neuromodulation for Tinnitus Treatment in a Clinical Setting

[SafeMusicFan]

Published 2 days ago: Retrospective chart review demonstrating effectiveness of bimodal neuromodulation for tinnitus treatment in a clinical setting

This is basically about Lenire. The conclusion from the article was: "These findings show that the Lenire device can be used to safely and effectively reduce tinnitus in a real-world clinical setting."

To be honest, I am a bit suspicious of articles like this. From what I understand, Lenire has not been shown to be a consistently reliable or effective option in many cases, yet articles like this seem to suggest otherwise.

What I find more frustrating is that some news outlets report these findings with headlines like "New device offers relief to tinnitus sufferers." I am not particularly a fan of presenting the idea to the general public that this means we already have a "cure."

I am not sure what to make of it, but I wanted to share this anyway. If this thread is misplaced or redundant, I apologize.

 

[Jammer]

Advertisements disguised as news always suggest to me, at least, that selling a $4000 device without insurance coverage is difficult, and misdirection is necessary to meet their sales goals.

And what happens after you finish the 11-week course? I suspect they would lose many customers (not patients) if they offered a $400 per week treatment plan that failed to show meaningful results by the halfway point.

 

[Ken219]

Published 2 days ago: Retrospective chart review demonstrating effectiveness of bimodal neuromodulation for tinnitus treatment in a clinical setting

This is basically about Lenire. The conclusion from the article was: "These findings show that the Lenire device can be used to safely and effectively reduce tinnitus in a real-world clinical setting."

To be honest, I am a bit suspicious of articles like this. From what I understand, Lenire has not been shown to be a consistently reliable or effective option in many cases, yet articles like this seem to suggest otherwise.

What I find more frustrating is that some news outlets report these findings with headlines like "New device offers relief to tinnitus sufferers." I am not particularly a fan of presenting the idea to the general public that this means we already have a "cure."

I am not sure what to make of it, but I wanted to share this anyway. If this thread is misplaced or redundant, I apologize.

I believe you are right to be suspicious. Thank you for expressing what most people feel.

 

[UHPTS]

Reading articles like this makes my blood boil. Not because of losing money on this useless device, but as you pointed out, it may look like we have a functional treatment.

These people do such a disservice to tinnitus sufferers.

 

[Fra]

It seems they did not measure subjective tinnitus loudness in decibels. That would probably have made the results more convincing. Still, we continue to face the problem of having no reliable biomarkers. Hopefully, the brain measurement tool being developed in Australia will become operational and widely available, which could improve the quality of this kind of research.

 

[UHPTS]

One of the reasons I did not believe Lenire could work was its use of Bluetooth to transfer sound to the headphones. Before AI, I struggled to find a definitive answer on whether Bluetooth can be synchronized with TENS electric pulses down to the millisecond, but I was fairly certain it could not.

I tried asking multiple AIs this question in different ways, and I always received the same answer: "Due to various factors, it is not possible to synchronize Bluetooth with TENS down to the millisecond."

The Bluetooth module inside the Lenire device is the same type sold on AliExpress for about a dollar. So it is not anything special, despite what the AI responses suggested.

Question to AI (Gemini):

If I needed to sync preciselly to 1 millisecond audio with electrical TENs pulses and I decided to use Bluetooth to transfer audio to headphones. With wired connection this precise sync is not an issue but would I be able to do it with BT?

AI answer:

Conclusion:

For precise, 1-millisecond synchronization between audio and TENS pulses, Bluetooth is not a reliable technology due to its inherent latency and variability. A wired connection is the far superior and practically necessary approach.

If you absolutely must use a wireless solution, you would need to invest in highly specialized hardware and software, and even then, achieving consistent millisecond-level synchronization would be extremely difficult and likely unreliable in real-world conditions. You should carefully evaluate the criticality of the synchronization and strongly consider the limitations of Bluetooth.

 

[Fightthearmy]

There should be a 'scam treatments' subforum for stuff like Lenire.