So glad for news in this field! It's fairly underfunded, as the symptom is just like "tummy ache". No clearly visible suffering with a million possible causes.

So glad for news in this field! It's fairly underfunded, as the symptom is just like "tummy ache". No clearly visible suffering with a million possible causes. During High School and Uni, I played violin in various restaurants a bunch. Close spaces, full volume to match a singing crowd. A year later of no active playing, suddenly I got 1 day of hearing loss on the left ear, followed by tinnitus after hearing restored on the side where the violin is played. E-String'ish tinnitus pitch. Loudly and constantly present, can't understand speech levels strong on the left ear. That was beyond horrible and sacred the hell out of me. Straight up torture. I think of myself as mentally strong, but that put everything into perspective of how fragile my psyche is, if pushed just at the right spot. ENTs got me on multiple rounds of steroid injections through the ear drum. Luckily it subsided within 2-3 months, though fully unclear if the steroids helped or not. Only then I found out, you are supposed to use ear protection when playing violin, specialized musician's plugs that attenuate the volume a bit.