I just saw this article. I don't know anything about it yet, but it could be promising. Does anyone know anything else about it? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-5232433/Study-reveals-resetting-brain-cells-cure-tinnitus.html Do YOU suffer from tinnitus? Study reveals 'resetting' brain cells using electric currents can alleviate the misery of phantom sounds ... The treatment consists of four weeks of sounds matched to individuals’ tinnitus, listened to in daily half-hour sessions through headphones, while getting simultaneous mild electric shocks to the cheek or neck. Based on years of scientific research into the root causes of tinnitus, it appears to stop the ‘phantom signal’ in the brain which causes the condition. Dr Susan Shore, who led the research from the University of Michigan, said: ‘If we can stop these signals, we can stop tinnitus. That is what our approach attempts to do, and we're encouraged by these initial parallel results in animals and humans.’ ... The treatment developed by scientists involves a sound played through headphones at the precise same rhythm as the phantom tinnitus. A mild electric current is used to gently zap the patient on the surface of the neck or cheek, to reset their sense of where sound is coming from. The result is believed to be that brain cells receive the input they need to begin working properly again. In a small study of 20 people, two said their tinnitus disappeared completely following the treatment. The authors state: ‘Eleven participants noted subjective changes in volume, pitch or quality that resulted in their tinnitus becoming less “harsh” or “piercing” and more “mellow”.
Apparently human trials will start for this device in late 2018/early 2019. The effect is temporary (days to weeks) but apparently real. https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/new-university-of-michigan-tinnitus-discovery-—-signal-timing.2805/page-7 It looks like human trials is already on a waiting list, and you need to travel to U of Michigan once/week. It will be interesting to see if this works out.
Hope you don't mind me throwing this on your thread but this was pretty cool news in December. I have been following this company out of Boston. They have some smart folks working on this. It is several years out but they are getting closer every day. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20171221005185/en/Frequency-Therapeutics%E2%80%99-First-in-Human-Safety-Study-FX-322-Hearing
Very cool. But the study says it’s for hearing loss caused by exposure to loud noises. I wonder how it would work in the case of MM, where the damage is being caused internally? Regardless, sign me up!