Thanks for that update, I heard about it only once years ago. Yeah safest thing is to assume it can't come back, and be aware of the accumulation, as you said.

> There is no cure for hearing damage.

There's no silver-bullet cure for hearing damage, but there are cures and effective treatment for the underlying causes, which can result in a cure for hearing damage.

The treatment and prognosis is highly dependent on the underlying cause. Cilia damage probably won't be curable until after a lot more stem cell research. Neurological damage is hard to impossible to cure depending on the age and neuroplasticity of the patient. TMJ or Eustachian tube dysfunction can lead to hearing damage that goes away once the underlying issue is treated.

This misinformation has killed people. Texas Roadhouse CEO Kent Taylor committed suicide after being diagnosed with tinnitus and being told it was untreatable, even though his tinnitus was caused by a COVID-19 infection causing inflammation. The treatment for that, which is highly effective, is two weeks of prednisone, with intratympanic steroid injections in severe cases.

And the suppression of information has caused people irreparable harm and denied them the right to weigh the risks and benefits of COVID vaccines, which can cause hearing damage. This is happening on this site right now, as any attempt to convey this information (including supporting links from various well-known sources, including National Geographic) is buried and flagged on this page.

There is no excuse for it. But here it is again:

After experiencing hearing loss and tinnitus following my last COVID booster (which was nearly useless), I have seen two of the top specialists in the country, who were quite vehement in assuring me that this is a "true agent" and that information on it has been suppressed.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/article/covid-va...

https://www.abc15.com/news/local-news/investigations/can-the...

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8443418/

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220523/Pfizer-COVID-19-v...

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/tinnitus-rare-sid...

Facebook group for victims, with several thousand members: https://www.facebook.com/groups/265035901879921/

Woah, I've never heard of this. Had COVID vaccine late April '21, developed tinnitus a few weeks later, hasn't gone away since.

As a healthy person, I'd have rather taken my chances with COVID than spending the rest of my life with tinnitus (I'm pretty sure I was exposed to COVID just before the lockdowns as I lost my sense of smell for a short while, but otherwise no other symptoms and I've never had it since).

No one is suppressing anything. It is rare, it is listed as a known side effect, and its old news. Most people couldn't care less at this point..

And the suppression of information has gravely harmed people and denied them right to weigh the risks and benefits of COVID vaccines, which can cause hearing damage. This is happening on this site right now, as any attempt to convey this information (including supporting links from various well-known sources, including National Geographic) is buried and flagged on this page.

There is no excuse for that despicable behavior. So I will re-post this as many times as it takes to overcome the trash who try to bury it and put others at risk:

After experiencing hearing loss and tinnitus following my last COVID booster (which was nearly useless), I have seen two of the top specialists in the country, who were quite vehement in assuring me that this is a "true agent" and that information on it has been suppressed.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/article/covid-va...

https://www.abc15.com/news/local-news/investigations/can-the...

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8443418/

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220523/Pfizer-COVID-19-v...

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/tinnitus-rare-sid...

Facebook group for victims, with several thousand members: https://www.facebook.com/groups/265035901879921/

And the suppression of information has caused grave harm and denied people the right to weigh the risks and benefits of COVID vaccines, which can cause hearing damage. This is happening on this site right now, as any attempt to convey this information (including supporting links from various well-known sources, including National Geographic) is buried and flagged on this page.

There is no excuse for it. But here it is again, for the FIFTH TIME, and not the last if scumbags continue to try to bury these facts and put people at risk:

After experiencing hearing loss and tinnitus following my last COVID booster (which was nearly useless), I have seen two of the top specialists in the country, who were quite vehement in assuring me that this is a "true agent" and that information on it has been suppressed.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/article/covid-va...

https://www.abc15.com/news/local-news/investigations/can-the...

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8443418/

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220523/Pfizer-COVID-19-v...

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/tinnitus-rare-sid...

Facebook group for victims, with several thousand members: https://www.facebook.com/groups/265035901879921/

For everyone's information, the trash running this site MAC-banned me for providing this information. Why? Do you ever ask yourselves why YCombinator gets a free pass on abusing its users and promoting injury?

In my experience and according to literature, there are cures for hearing damage. N-acetylcysteine, for one.

I had been taking N-acetylcysteine (NAC) regularly for a while for reasons completely unrelated to hearing. I unmistakably noticed my hearing to improve. High frequency hearing once lost came back.

I didn’t believe it. Looked on Google Scholar. The effect is known.

The literature supports it; here’s just one paper: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcell.2021.6594...

Antioxidant properties seem to be what’s helping, and I’d guess it’s the mucolytic aspect of NAC as well.

There may be cures in future (ways to regenerate all the areas that are involved in hearing - Auditory nerve, synapse and OHC, IHC) but there currently is no way to regenerate HC after apoptosis in Humans. Recovery of damaged/stressed HC, auditory is shown to happen naturally to a degree and -might- be helped through supplements.

I take NAC myself and a few other supplements, the idea is to help support and lessen the effects of oxidative stress. I wouldn't promote any of my protocol since the literature is too weak and from various hearing related forums I read, efficacy highly subjective.

If you're wondering - 7,8 Dihydroxyflavone (DHF) shows promise and there's some literature on frontiersin on this but delivery was done intratympanic injection to the RWM and on animals. Taking the it as a oral supplement may raise risks of some cancers.

Thanks! Yes, it’s important to distinguish between cure-some-types-somewhat-sometimes and cure-almost-any-type-consistently.

I’ve been very surprised in recent years to learn just how much actionable information is in the scientific literature. More is known than is known, sort of.

Sounds like you've looked into this. Understand you wouldn't promote your protocol but I'd like to learn about it. How can I reach you?