I have been looking for this for years. They finally posted it on youtube. A very good watch for sure!
Tinnitus Surgery Documentary
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@Bobby B From what it looks like, Michael Seidman relocated to Florida. On his bio page, it says he still treats tinnitus and it says "brain impants" next to it. The surgery was also a clinical trial at the time so if someone wants it done, they gotta pay 150 grand outa pocket. Nice eh?
I copy and pasted some info about it below. You can go to the actual site here. https://www.tinnitusformula.com/library/dr-seidmans-treatment-protocol-for-tinnitus/
Surgery
Dr. Seidman has also conducted clinical trials using an electrode stimulator implanted in the brain and an Implantable Pulse Generator in the chest. We published an article in our Tinnitus Library on the first two implanted patients and surgeries.
He has now conducted trials on 5 patients with the following results:
1 – One patient was "cured". The patient turns on the stimulator and his tinnitus goes from a 10 to a 0-1. 2 –One patient experienced no change. This really bothers Dr. Seidman as he thinks of this patient often. 3 – One patient has improved by 35%. 4 – One patient has improved by 50%. 5 – The most recent patient has improved by 80%.
It should be noted that this is a very preliminary effort. In the case of cochlear implants, it took many years of biomedical engineering to refine the process and obtain consistently favorable results. In this case, there is much work to be done in the fields of tinnitus mapping, electrode development and determining which patients will benefit most.
Medtronic is the company that manufactures the stimulator and funded the earlier work. The company is no longer funding this so anyone who wishes to be implanted has to pay about $100,000 to have it done.
I copy and pasted some info about it below. You can go to the actual site here. https://www.tinnitusformula.com/library/dr-seidmans-treatment-protocol-for-tinnitus/
Surgery
Dr. Seidman has also conducted clinical trials using an electrode stimulator implanted in the brain and an Implantable Pulse Generator in the chest. We published an article in our Tinnitus Library on the first two implanted patients and surgeries.
He has now conducted trials on 5 patients with the following results:
1 – One patient was "cured". The patient turns on the stimulator and his tinnitus goes from a 10 to a 0-1. 2 –One patient experienced no change. This really bothers Dr. Seidman as he thinks of this patient often. 3 – One patient has improved by 35%. 4 – One patient has improved by 50%. 5 – The most recent patient has improved by 80%.
It should be noted that this is a very preliminary effort. In the case of cochlear implants, it took many years of biomedical engineering to refine the process and obtain consistently favorable results. In this case, there is much work to be done in the fields of tinnitus mapping, electrode development and determining which patients will benefit most.
Medtronic is the company that manufactures the stimulator and funded the earlier work. The company is no longer funding this so anyone who wishes to be implanted has to pay about $100,000 to have it done.
- Jan 25, 2013
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- Tinnitus Since
- 2008
- Cause of Tinnitus
- TMJ disorder, airplane barotrauma, noise exposure.
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