Tinnitus Hub

08/08/2026

Bettina Cockroft, Chief Medical Officer of Cilcare, speaks about a rapidly evolving area of hearing science: cochlear synaptopathy or so-called “hidden hearing loss.” The episode explores how damage to the connections between inner-ear hair cells and the auditory nerve can affect the ability to process sound even with a “normal” audiogram, and how this may be connected to tinnitus and hyperacusis.

Bettina then takes us inside Cilcare’s work on Paliroden (formerly CIL-001), a drug designed to target cochlear synaptopathy. We discuss how the drug is delivered to the inner ear, what Cilcare has learned from previous hearing drug failures, and how its observational studies and biomarker research are informing upcoming clinical trials. Crucially for tinnitus patients, Cilcare is preparing a study involving people with tinnitus to kick off in 2026.

Cilcare is working to target tinnitus by repairing hidden hearing loss.

08/28/2024

We’re excited to introduce you to our new non-profit, Tinnitus Quest – the only organization exclusively focused on silencing by funding agile, exploratory research.

Hazel speaks with German entrepreneur Sven Köllmann and researcher and neurosurgeon Dirk de Ridder about their involvement in Tinnitus Quest.

Join us in our 'quiet revolution'!

04/13/2024

Could it be that tinnitus studies are mostly useless? At minimum, we find many of them are lacking in rigor and proper design. Results can be misleading for tinnitus sufferers.

In this podcast we discuss these problems, and proposed solutions, with two experts in data collection and analysis for science: Inge Stegeman and Jorge Simões.

The problems with tinnitus studies.

02/13/2024

Have you ever visited an audiologist or ENT doctor only to find out that they know nothing about tinnitus? We aim to change that, and are attending hearing research conferences around the world to raise awareness on the plight of sufferers.

Check out the shockingly low tinnitus knowledge among hearing researchers at the ARO conference last year. (But don't worry, we educated many of them and will continue to do so!)

We walked around at the Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO) 2023 conference in Orlando and asked random attendees what they know about tinnitus....

01/13/2024

Revisiting with the first ever guest of the Tinnitus Talk Podcast, Hazel speaks with Dr. Josef Rauschecker about how we can quickly get new tinnitus medications to market, tinnitus and sleep, what he thinks of psychological treatments for , and more.

Potential drugs for tinnitus may already exist, says Dr. Rauschecker.

01/25/2023

Have you heard of devices like Neuromonics, Desyncra, SoundCure, or Lenire? Are they worth spending money on?

In the latest Tinnitus Talk Podcast, Hazel speaks with Steve Harrison about the science behind sound based treatment, and how to hack these methods without spending a fortune.

How to use sound to relieve tinnitus without wasting your money.

05/22/2022

Meet the man who tried everything to get rid of his , only to conclude that if he wanted a solution, he was going to have to fund it himself.

We interviewed Brian Fargo and Dr. Djalilian about their collaboration.

After having tried everything to get rid of his tinnitus, Brian Fargo decided it was time to act.

04/24/2022

Many of you have experience with sound therapy, whether simply using masking sounds or some more sophisticated sound device. Please share your experiences with listeners of the Tinnitus Talk Podcast so we can learn from each other! Click the video below to submit your audio response :)

02/07/2022

How many people have chronic, severe tinnitus? What types of tinnitus are there? And why do clinical trials for tinnitus keep failing?

In this episode, as part of , we talk about the need for bigger and better data on with researcher Christopher Cederroth and David Stockdale from the British Tinnitus Association.

Learn about biobanks and tinnitus data.

12/22/2021

Merry Christmas!

Because we realize not all of you might be feeling very merry, we would like to lift your spirits with three (or four?) good news stories about tinnitus from 2021.