New Tinnitus Treatment?

[Happy Jack]

My son has just sent me this link, but I am WAY out of my depth trying to read this stuff.

 

Anyone with a scientific / medical background care to comment?

 

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2022.758575/full

[MacDaddy]

they stuck needles in peoples faces to see if it helped their tinnitus. It did.

[Happy Jack]

36 minutes ago, MacDaddy said:

they stuck needles in peoples faces to see if it helped their tinnitus. It did.

 

How soon can you get over here? 😉

[Clarky]

I volunteer to replicate this medical procedure, Jack. I have a light touch and a collection of safety pins and knitting needles that I am sure could be put to good use

[40hz]

This sounds promising (pun intended).

[Happy Jack]

Well needles have got to be better than a slap in the face with a wet kipper.

[TheRev]

4 minutes ago, Happy Jack said:

Well needles have got to be better than a slap in the face with a wet kipper.

Depends on how many times you have to be slapped with the kipper to cure your tinnitus.  I'd take one medium force kipper slap over 50 minutes of a face full of needles.

[PaulThePlug]

6 minutes ago, Happy Jack said:

Well needles have got to be better than a slap in the face by Will Smith...

Fixed it for ya...

[Newfoundfreedom]

My ex rhythm guitarist swears he cured his tinnitus through fasting. Something which he does for three weeks every year. The understanding of the effects of autophagy through fasting are still in the early stages, but it looks like the human body is capable of amazing things all on it's own if you give it half a chance. 

 

I'm neither confirming nor condoning. But it's interesting none the less. 

[NikNik]

I'm kinda worried about this:-

 

'Transient facial palsy (5–15 min) after nerve block was a good sign for tinnitus treatment because it confirmed that the needle was close to the facial nerve.'

 

What if the transient was permanent?

[Happy Jack]

50 minutes ago, PaulThePlug said:

Fixed it for ya...

Oooooh! Topical!

[Happy Jack]

40 minutes ago, Newfoundfreedom said:

My ex rhythm guitarist swears he cured his tinnitus through fasting. Something which he does for three weeks every year.

 

Technically speaking, fasting for three weeks can also be described as starving to death. 🤨

[Ultrasonic]

I'm on pins and needles just hearing about this

[NikNik]

4 minutes ago, Ultrasonic said:

I'm on pins and needles just hearing about this

Pins and Needles

[Dad3353]

 

[Newfoundfreedom]

1 hour ago, Happy Jack said:

 

Technically speaking, fasting for three weeks can also be described as starving to death. 🤨

 

Not even close. Maybe do a bit of research. 😉

[Bolo]

If I read it right this was a test on 63 people of which 8 were instantly thrown out for not meeting certain criteria, a further six experienced worse or same complaints and the rest reported some to much relief.

 

This was measured by the participants picking one of six smiley faces going from happy to sad to angry. Asked once at the beginning of the series of acupuncture sessions, once after four sessions, once at the end of treatment and once after a year.

End of treatment varied from person to person between 4 and 15 sessions.

 

Important notes at the end of the text: results were optimal for persons that had experienced tinnitus for less than six months leading up to the treatment. Less so the longer someone had suffered from tinnitus.

 

In conclusion, interesting bit of work on very few people for a very limited time. Needs peer review and extensive controlled repetition by other experts in the field.