Here is a write up from Bloomberg News today Stopping that endless ringing� For many, it starts out with a lingering ringing the morning after a loud concert. For some, it gathers in intensity and frequency and loudness. And for the hardest hit, it becomes a constant source of irritation and� anxiety. It’s called tinnitus, and tens of millions of Americans are thought to be affected. The causes are many, including certain medications, injuries, exposure to loud noises and sometimes something as simple as the buildup of earwax. And while some people can shrug it off, or just grin and bear it, for others, like Connecticut-based compliance consultant Richard Bistrong, 60, it can be excruciating. Although he’d heard it for years, Bistrong really started to notice the ringing in 2019. The high-pitched tone was loud, constant � and stressful. The worst times of thhe day were in the early morning and late evening.� If he happened to wake up in the middle of the night, when there was nothing else to drown it out, it was especially bad. He tried medication, saw an audiologist and an inner ear medical specialist.� Nothing worked.� “It was one of the worst things that ever happened to me in my life,” he says.� Tinnitus occurs when nerves in the ear become damaged, leaving gaps in hearing � specifiic frequencies people are unable to hear. The noise occurs because the brain is trying to fill those sensation gaps in, similar to what often happens in phantom limb pain, when people have lost an appendage, says Ross O’Neill, chief executive offic er of Neuromod Devices.� O’Neill’s company has taken an unusual approach to filling in that gap. Its device, called Lenire, takes a two-pronged path to training the brain to ignore the phantom tones � or at least pay less attention to them. A stimulator placed on the tongue delivers electric stimuli that feel mildly effervescent. Meanwhile, headphones play swishing ocean sounds along with a series of beeping tones.� The combined effect of the two forms of stimulation, O’Neill says, is to train the brain out of its focus on the internally generated noise.� “We can tag those sounds and label them to be turned down,” he says.� Users wear the headphones and hold the stimulator in their mouth for an hour a day, usually in two sessions. Bistrong tried the device at the suggestion of his otologist.� The feeling is meditative, Bistrong says, and ultimately pleasant. For people like Bistrong, that doesn’t necessarily mean that the sound is gone. But it’s far less imposing and incapacitating. “The more I use the device, the better the outcome has been,” Bistrong says. “It has been a life-changer.” A 2020 study� published in Science Translational Medicine documented the impact, with significant improvements in measures of patients’ related function and quality of life. The device received de novo approval from US regulators in March.� It could have far-reaching applications, O’Neill says, particularly for former soldiers and others who have been exposed to explosions or suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder. Tinnitus is the most common disability among US military veterans, and helping them is a huge opportunity, he says.� “We want to pursue this and we’re going to continue to refine it and improve the efficacy,” he says. “This is only the start.” �� John Lauerman Here is the site Lenire ® - Tinnitus Treatment Using Bimodal Neuromodulation
Yes I called an out of state clinic that has this since there is no one in my state that does and I was told the manufacturer will not let Menieres patients use it because you need a certain level of hearing for it to work that most of us don't have . One again we are the forgotten losers
Oh. Great. I probably wouldn't do it anyway, I'm pretty used to the tinnitus, it's kind of the least of my problems LOL
No Meniere's...Imagine that! Hahaha I got enough electric nerve stimulation between the Reliefband and Rezzimaxx. Relief band does nothing for the tinnitis, but some have gotten good results from the Rezz. I just started the stimulation for tinnitis, so we shall see. Hey, thanks for checking and sharing!
Most of us Meneires have some hearing. I keep 60% in my bad ear. But hey, if it needs hearing to function, it is still a new system of masking and brain training. I guess improved, yes.
Interesting news, I'll take anything that can help with one or more symptoms of Meniere's . For my part I have almost perfect hearing in my right ear with mild hearing loss at high frequencies. On my bad ear, the left, I have about 60% hearing depending on the frequency. Both ears have tinnitus. I'd love to give this a shot if it's approved in Canada. Unless, I can somehow get an American doctor to prescribe it for me, which isn't out of the question considering all of the treatments I've had have essentially come from the US.