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New Brain Discovery Could Revolutionize Hearing Loss Treatment
Scitech Daily ^ | March 17, 2025 | Keck School of Medicine of USC

Posted on 03/17/2025 5:43:20 AM PDT by Red Badger

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To: Does so

“..Same here, but it gets to very loud levels in the evening....”

Yep. When I get really tired and go to bed in a quiet room, it’s loud.
FWIW, I use a small fan to create a slight background noise that has always kinda helped drown it out.


21 posted on 03/17/2025 7:29:51 AM PDT by lgjhn23 ("On the 8th day, Satan created the progressive liberal to destroy all the good that God created...")
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To: Red Badger

Have had tinnitus for 30 years! Constant- no let up. I woukdn5 say it’s hearing loss as much as it is just annoying. Tried many things that supposedly,”cure” or help it, but nothing has worked.


22 posted on 03/17/2025 7:41:34 AM PDT by Bob434 (Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana)
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To: Bob434

Same here. It’s hopeless. With my luck, They will find a cure the day after I kick off.......................


23 posted on 03/17/2025 7:43:27 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

30-year vet of USOs (Unidendified Sound Originations). Be happy to join your list.

Only thing that ever stopped the noise was smoking crack...but only for a minute or two.


24 posted on 03/17/2025 7:45:14 AM PDT by gnickgnack2 ( Oh, Trumpy days are here again....)
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To: Red Badger

25 posted on 03/17/2025 7:47:42 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: gnickgnack2

You’re added!.....................


26 posted on 03/17/2025 7:47:58 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: lgjhn23
I cannot even begin to imagine what it’d be like with it gone.

Same here. I’ve had tinnitus for decades. Hearing aides do nothing for it. I’ve gotten used to it.

27 posted on 03/17/2025 7:49:27 AM PDT by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: Red Badger

Thanks
bkmk


28 posted on 03/17/2025 7:57:15 AM PDT by Faith65 (Isaiah 40:31 )
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To: Red Badger

My son worked on this research back in 2005. The university filed a patent based upon his research with brain implants to increase the number of channels in cochlear implants so users could hear music rather than a monotone computer generated type voice.

He manufactured these devises under a microscope which had probes that were directly implanted into the cerebral cortex.

The greatest obstacle to overcome was noise from neuronal activity.


29 posted on 03/17/2025 8:02:27 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: Does so

As opposed to sleeping mice. :)


30 posted on 03/17/2025 8:03:14 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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To: ComputerGuy
The only sounds I hear clearly come from the ringing in my ears. It won’t go away, so I try to ignore it.

I have tinnitus as well but only really notice it when I get up to go to the bathroom at night. However, I think it probably interferes with my ability to understand spoken words.

I thought I was about 80% deaf since I have to hold my electric razor to within an inch of my ear before I can hear it. The VA sent me to a non-VA audiologist who tested me. He said I'm NOT 80% deaf; I'm only 78% deaf!

31 posted on 03/17/2025 10:55:44 AM PDT by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: libertylover

I can easily converse with folks in a quiet setting.
Add even a smidgeon of background noise and I have real trouble understanding people.


32 posted on 03/17/2025 11:03:09 AM PDT by ComputerGuy ( )
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To: Red Badger

Yep me too- I have a couple diseases which they will find a cure for soon after I pass. That cartoon character that walked around being rained on by a cloud they followed him everywhere... that is me


33 posted on 03/17/2025 11:28:16 AM PDT by Bob434 (Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana)
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Joe Btfsplk...................

34 posted on 03/17/2025 11:35:54 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

Yup that’s me


35 posted on 03/17/2025 11:47:15 AM PDT by Bob434 (Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana)
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To: George from New England

I just know how biasing currents work. Vibrating anything overcomes it’s inertia, and allows it to move under less force.


36 posted on 03/17/2025 12:26:06 PM PDT by nagant
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To: lgjhn23

Yeah, my wife cannot imagine the lack of silence I experience,
My tinnitus has changed from the ringing tones to white noise.


37 posted on 03/17/2025 1:46:46 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (Your oath of enlistment has no expiration date)
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“I use a small fan to create a slight background noise”

The white noise (static sound) gives me all the background noise I can tolerate. Wake up at night and wonder if it is raining.


38 posted on 03/17/2025 1:50:53 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (Your oath of enlistment has no expiration date)
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To: doorgunner69

Somebody said that if you lose the spirits, it stops


39 posted on 03/17/2025 1:56:37 PM PDT by conserv8 (The rooster has spurs too, ma'am)
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To: Red Badger

Thanks


40 posted on 03/18/2025 4:24:07 AM PDT by lysie
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