- Hi, guys, Cliff Olson, Doctor of Audiology
and founder of Applied Hearing Solutions
in Phoenix, Arizona.
And in this video,
I'm talking about the new hearing loss pill
that could prevent or even reverse your hearing loss.
Coming up.
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I would guess that if you have hearing loss,
at some point in your life, you've wondered,
"When are scientists going to come up
with a cure for hearing loss?"
I mean, we're in the 21st century
and we have reached epidemic levels
of hearing loss worldwide.
I mean, there are hundreds of millions of individuals
around the world who suffer from some form of hearing loss.
Unfortunately, we are still fresh off of some bad news
about the FX-322 hearing restoration drug
that showed that there was no significant improvement
in hearing versus placebo in their phase II clinical trials.
But you wanna hear some good news?
Scientists may actually be closer to a cure than you think.
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and get into what this potential cure could possibly be,
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Okay, now let's go ahead
and get into what this potential cure could be.
Back in the early 2000s, the Hough Ear Institute
and the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
jointly discovered NHPN-1010,
which is more commonly known as the hearing loss pill.
The intent of this pill is to prevent
or even potentially reverse hearing loss.
In 2010, these organizations partnered with Auditus,
which is a subsidiary of Otologic Pharmaceutics, Inc.,
who completed a Phase I clinical trial in 2015,
which showed that this drug was safe enough
to progress to phase II clinical trials.
Since that time, the Hough Ear Institute identified
that this particular drug
could regenerate damaged nerve endings
and reinnervate surviving hair cells within the cochlea.
In early 2020, Otologic Pharmaceutics, Inc. entered
into an agreement with Oblato, Inc.,
who is going to advance this particular drug
through phase II clinical trials
to show if there's efficacy for preventing hearing loss
or restoring hearing.
This particular drug is not intended
to treat longstanding hearing loss.
It's intended to prevent hearing loss,
or maybe even restore hearing
after an acute trauma like a noise exposure.
Of course, you can bet that the Hough Ear Institute
and all of its partners will continue
to perform different trials
to identify if this particular hearing loss pill
could be beneficial for longstanding hearing loss,
tinnitus, or maybe even helping individuals hear better
in a background noise situation.
However, after the major letdown of FX-322 showing
that there was no significant improvement
in hearing ability during their phase II clinical trials,
you have a right to be skeptical of any company
that claims to have a potential cure.
So when it's all said and done, we really need to wait
and see the phase II FDA clinical trial results
before we make a determination
of whether or not we should get excited
about this particular hearing loss pill.
While the timeframe for phase II clinical trials
has not yet been announced, I would be surprised
if they don't at least start them by 2022.
Because if you look at the Hough Ear Institute website,
they are expecting to have this particular drug
hit the market in the mid 2020s
if everything goes as planned.
Until that time, do yourself a favor
and either protect your hearing by avoiding noisy situations
or by wearing hearing protection.
Of course, if you already have hearing loss,
I highly recommend that you get your hearing tested
and treated, whether it's with hearing aids,
a surgical procedure, or even a cochlear implant.
That way, if this drug is truly effective
in reversing hearing loss,
you would not have spent years in auditory deprivation,
which may reduce the effectiveness of this drug on you.
And if you do elect to treat your hearing loss,
I highly recommend
that you seek out a Best Practice Pro member in your area.
Best Practice Pro members have been personally vetted by me
to follow best practice guidelines of audiologic care
to make sure that you get the maximum amount
of benefit out of your hearing treatment.
Experts speculate that less than 30%
of hearing care professionals
actually follow best practices consistently,
and there are some experts who think
that this number is being extremely generous.
This is why finding a hearing care professional
who follows these fundamental best practices
is so critical to your success.
To find a Best Practice Pro in your area,
Just go to DrCliffAuD.com
and click on the Find a Local Provider tab.
Once you're there, scroll down to the provider map
and either search by city or ZIP code,
or zoom into your area on the map
to find the member closest to you.
After clicking on More Info
to learn more about your local Best Practice Pro,
either give them a call to schedule an appointment
or just click on the Request an Appointment tab
so they can reach out to you.
At the end of the day,
the most important thing is to get you hearing again.
And someday you'll be able to do that by taking a pill
or getting an injection
to reverse the hearing loss that you have.
But until that day arrives,
you still have to make sure
that you keep the connection between your ears
and your brain by treating your hearing loss.
That's it for this video.
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