132 - Ross O'Neill, PhD & Hubert Lim, PhD - Lenire: The First FDA-Approved Bimodal Tinnitus Treatment
Guests: Ross O'Neill Ph.D (Founding CEO) & Hubert Lim Ph.D (Chief Scientific Officer) of Neuromod Dave is joined by Ross & Hubert to discuss: - The backstory of how Ross & Hubert met and ultimately partnered together on Lenire - Hubert's research and papers he wrote about paired stimulation & Pavlovian conditioning, which included data that identified tongue stimulation combined with sound as a promising direction to pursue - An overview of what exactly tinnitus is and why Lenire presents such a novel approach to treating tinnitus - Other types of synchronous-stimuli approaches that have emerged in other healthcare verticals (i.e. mirror therapy for phantom limb pain) - The challenging process of gaining FDA approval and the clinical trials that were conducted throughout the process - Being featured as the cover story on Nature Communications - The initial roll-out of Lenire, the current state of the provider network, and the real-world data that's being collected and published