132. Tinnitus Treatment on Your Phone, Nanoscale 3D Printing Sped Up, Lab-Grown Meat

<p><a href='https://newatlas.com/medical/app-based-tinnitus-treatment/'>"Polytherapeutic" tinnitus treatment app delivers impressive results</a> | New Atlas (00:49)</p> <ul><li style="font-weight:400;"> <p><a href='http://mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/tinnitus/symptoms-causes/syc-20350156'>Tinnitus</a> is when you experience ringing or other noises in one or both of your ears. </p> <ul><li style="font-weight:400;"> <p>5% of people experience tinnitus at some point in their lives</p> </li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight:400;"> <p>A team of researchers at the University of Auckland has found it's new smartphone app treatment is getting strong results</p> </li> <li style="font-weight:400;"> <p>This polytherapeutic “combines goal-based counseling with personalized passive and active game-based sound therapy." </p> <ul><li style="font-weight:400;"> <p>It has tailored the digital tools in the app to the user's own experience of tinnitus.</p> </li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight:400;"> <p>The primary measurement of effectiveness was the <a href='https://www.dva.gov.au/sites/default/files/2022-06/tfi_scoring_instructions_acc.pdf'>Tinnitus Functional Index</a>, a standard scale used to quantify a person's experience of tinnitus</p> <ul><li style="font-weight:400;"> <p>A 13 point change is regarded as a clinically meaningful difference.</p> </li> <li style="font-weight:400;"> <p>It is a survey so take this with a grain of salt</p> </li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight:400;"> <p>The group using the polytherapeutic reported an average improvement of 16.36 points after six weeks, and 17.83 points after 12 weeks</p> <ul><li style="font-weight:400;"> <p>55% of participants experiencing a clinically meaningful improvement after six weeks</p> </li> <li style="font-weight:400;"> <p>65% at 12 weeks.</p> </li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight:400;"> <p>The Auckland team is working on obtaining regulatory approval for the polytherapeutic app, and hope to have it clinically available within six months or so.</p> </li