The PoNS™ (Portable Neuromodulation Stimulator) Device and Neuroplasticity — Can It Help Tinnitus?

Hi @DebInAustralia - long term fan here

I am reading that chapter of Norman Doidge's book right now. Interesting how the machine helped with the lady's vestibular problems as well as the theory of electrical stimulation resetting the brain.

I haven't read all of the earlier chapter on brain noise, but what I have read all seems to correlate with the basic mechanism of tinnitus (overfiring of neurons in the auditory cortex).

I wonder if anyone else has tried the machine or looked into the department in the US where thes guys do their research.

It looks like what Lenire and Susan Shore are trying to do, but I am interested all the same in this.

 

@Frédéric, I think this was 2017-2018. The results look, from my amateur eye, to be incredibly good.

I wonder why there was no follow up on this. Reviews on the PoNs device seem to be mixed in relation to MS, Parkinson's and TBI, but there was a case of vestibular disorder remission - and this Russian trial (of course, there is a conflict here).

It seems like Lenire. Not sure what the difference is (2 nerve stimulation instead of just trigeminal nerve?)

 

Russian healthcare and medicine has historically been better than Western medicine. I wouldn't knock a trial because it took place in Russia.

 

I am not knocking it at all - aside from the obvious conflict of interest. I have written to Helius asking what happened with this following the results.

 

What a surprise... no response!

 

From Helius?

 

Yup.

 

Is this device already on the market and can be bought from some website?

 

Hi @Ela Stefan, I do not believe that it is a product available for consumer use. From what I read, the team at the University of Wisconsin was trialling the device on people for different illnesses. They then moved to the team at Helius, who market the product commercially. Looks like it is used in Canada.

The Portable Neuromodulation Stimulator (PoNS™) Device