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Re:AirPods Causing Tinnitus? by AnthonBerg on Saturday March 04, 2023 @05:35PM (#35025179)
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.

Re:AirPods Causing Tinnitus? by CommanderData on Saturday March 04, 2023 @06:09PM (#35025445)
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.

Re:AirPods Causing Tinnitus? by AnthonBerg on Saturday March 04, 2023 @06:20PM (#35025517)
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.

Re:AirPods Causing Tinnitus? by makk on Saturday March 04, 2023 @07:20PM (#35025869)
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?