Saw this treatment on the news tonight. Thought might be of interest to some of yall
Tinnitus treatment
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Tongue stimulation? That's an interesting approach to tinnitus. I have to have music on to sleep at night because I didn't wear hearing protection shooting as a kid or at work. The constant ringing is horrible, and you truly understand how bad it is when you sit in a hearing test booth.
Yeah, everyone gets excited when the cicadas come out of the ground. I hear those fuckers 24/7.
I think prevention is the only real treatment .
The cicada reference is a great one…same here, maybe mixed in with some tea kettles. Sucks.
Sounds weird, but relatively large doses of vitamin E seem to help me quite a bit. I take one 400 IU (180mg) dose in the morning, and another in the late afternoon. When I first started taking it I didn’t think it was working, so I stopped after a couple months, but within a couple days of stopping I noticed the ringing was back, and it seemed much, much louder….reality was that it had gotten better, but the improvement was so gradual, I just didn’t notice.
Still on that regimen now, and it doesn’t make the tinnitus go away, but it is a lot better.
Sounds weird, but relatively large doses of vitamin E seem to help me quite a bit. I take one 400 IU (180mg) dose in the morning, and another in the late afternoon. When I first started taking it I didn’t think it was working, so I stopped after a couple months, but within a couple days of stopping I noticed the ringing was back, and it seemed much, much louder….reality was that it had gotten better, but the improvement was so gradual, I just didn’t notice.
Still on that regimen now, and it doesn’t make the tinnitus go away, but it is a lot better.
I was working with a hearing specialist last year out of Washington state who saw the original study for Bimodal Stimulation Treatment by Neuromod for the Lenire device.
The original study wasn’t published because the results were not promising. If I remember correctly 40% of the trial participants saw no improvement or a reduction of their tinnitus handicap score meaning no reduction of tinnitus at all. 40% of the other participants saw a 25% reduction in their tinnitus handicap score so while it helped, it was not significant. The remaining 20% of the trial participants actually reported an increase in the severity of their tinnitus which is very concerning.
Price is $4500 with no refunds and last I checked it’s not covered by insurance.
See attached link to one of the largest tinnitus websites where there are 291 pages of user reviews on the Lenire device. Caveat Emptor
The original study wasn’t published because the results were not promising. If I remember correctly 40% of the trial participants saw no improvement or a reduction of their tinnitus handicap score meaning no reduction of tinnitus at all. 40% of the other participants saw a 25% reduction in their tinnitus handicap score so while it helped, it was not significant. The remaining 20% of the trial participants actually reported an increase in the severity of their tinnitus which is very concerning.
Price is $4500 with no refunds and last I checked it’s not covered by insurance.
See attached link to one of the largest tinnitus websites where there are 291 pages of user reviews on the Lenire device. Caveat Emptor
I had the funds and was ready to buy but the risk of tinnitus getting worse from using Lenire kept me away. I could deal with it not working but worsening tinnitus? No way.
FDA approved only means it’s not supposed to kill you but doesn’t mean it will work.
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