University of Minnesota Tinnitus Research with Acoustic and Body Stimulation

Sorry if I've missed it, but are you still tinnitus free? I hope so!

 

I would agree to it if I was him.

 

Do it and keep us updated!

 

One other question - could you elaborate on what you mean with parameters unsuitable to the general population?

 

Do you have any hearing loss? Is your tinnitus (partly) caused by acoustic trauma? Trying to see whether I need to get my hopes up.

 

Sorry if this has been asked before, but did you have somatic tinnitus? Was your tinnitus noise induced?

 

Has there been any update regarding this research or device?

 

I’ve emailed Hubert Lim a few times, it may be time to do it again. He’s been very responsive and pleasant to me every time. I think he’s concentrating fully on Lenire now. I hope I’m wrong.

 

A fair summary would seem to be that Hubert Lim developed something that was reasonably effective but didn't feel like they would be able to create and commercialize an actual hardware device, so he left to work with the people that already had a commercialized hardware device: Lenire, and there's nothing happening at the University of Minnesota any more.

There's rumors of a "Lenire 2.0" at some point, kind of, maybe incorporating Lim's research on timings with their physical device.

 

Where do the rumors come from?

Recently, I asked Neuromod about it and they replied there are no plans for an upgrade at the moment.

 

Has anybody contacted SONIC Lab (University of Minnesota) to see whether this research will pick up again in Dr. Lim's absence or not?

 

They already said no, didn't they?

 

It is clear that Dr. Lim has stepped away from it but I'm unsure whether another researcher took the lead or something. False hope most likely. Regardless, surely they should have published their findings in a journal even if the research isn't continuing.

 

Does anyone have any information about the Minnesota device?

I mean just because Dr. Lim stepped away, it doesn't mean they stopped researching. It's a University, not a one-man business.

@kelpiemsp got rid of tinnitus and visual snow, so I don't understand what happened or why people say the research isn't continuing.

If anyone have any insights, please let me know.

 

Because they said the research isn't continuing.

 

I've tried to contact people who were involved in the study but I got no response from anyone and it seems they've probably moved on with their careers. Massive shame but it looks done. All I want is for findings to be published at this point but even that looks unlikely.

 

Maybe a year ago I sent Hubert Lim a few emails to his University of Minnesota email address. I asked some general questions and he was quick to reply with long thoughtful answers both times. The current state of the research at the University of Minnesota wasn’t something I asked. I’m convinced the process/success they had there is viewed as just too difficult to reproduce on a large scale for the general tinnitus population. I feel the treatment personalization they were able to do was the key. This Neuromod work of his is just a shotgun attempt to make this concept work for the masses. It’s a shame.

 

@kelpiemsp, do you know of anyone else who was part of the study and now experiences silence like you?

 

So, I just logged on as I was curious if there was any new research and to check on old friends. No tinnitus for me and life is good.

 

Congratulations! I really wish they would continue the research/trial that healed you to help us. Praying Dr. Susan Shore's device is up to par.

 

I just read the 25 pages of this thread as I was not aware that this was actually a separate bimodal stimulation device.

I want to congratulate you on defeating tinnitus through actual scientific intervention. You are probably one of the lucky few walking this planet.

Are you still experiencing any spikes? Have you since attended 'too loud' events, flew planes etc?

 

Happy for you, but absolutely atrocious they abandoned a successful project and left others suffering.

 

Tell me about it. There is no justice in this world.

 

Do you know how many other people received this treatment? Were others cured as well?

 

So... if this was a commercial user on the Lenire thread... lol.

Pleased for OP nevertheless.

 

Probably due to lack of funding. I keep telling people, it’s not so much that there aren’t effective tinnitus treatments out there, it’s that there isn’t enough money to allow them to prosper or reach the green-light stage. So they get shelved or abandoned altogether.

It’s criminal the way the governments of this world manage money. A lot of problems could be solved if cash was utilized properly. The USA, for example, spends 54 billion in space exploration instead of funding research and treatments for countless diseases. It should be prioritizing its people, not stars, planets and galaxies that are light-years away, tucked-away from existence and totally unreachable. We’ll never go to those places, will we? So why does it even matter? What’s the point of knowing something exists if you can never hold it in your hands? What’s the point of pursuit if it defies possession? What it boils down to is sad: people are greedy and evil.

 

Not to mention billions for WAR profiteering.

 

Wasn't the University of Minnesota device similar to Lenire? Sound with the electrical impulses to the tongue? I would assume it would have similar results as Lenire.

 

Heartbreaking. Truly.

 

Thanks for the update. I was wondering if you have managed to stay tinnitus free since stating it was gone after the trial. Now we know. Not sure if I should feel optimistic about this or sick to my stomach. Predominant feeling is jealousy.