FDA Grants Hearing Loss Drug, FX-322, Fast Track Designation

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@aliakhtar

the gains were above 4k range and i think it was 5 to 10 db gain.

Sounds about right. I posed this question back in 2020:

@d_Wooluf

Two separate quotes from experts. Which one is right?

A 10-decibel improvement is really a tripling in the ability to hear a tone at that particular pitch,” said Frequency Chief Development Officer Carl LeBel, Ph.D.

An improvement of 10 decibels at 8000 hertz is also almost a negligible gain, adds University of Iowa’s Gantz, “within test, retest variability of an audiogram,” he says.