Southern Illinois University

Leonard Rybak

Vickram Ramkumar

Debashree Mukherjea

Compositions and treatment regimen that includes the compositions, suitable for preventing, treating and restoring hearing acuity in a subject are provided. The treatment regimen includes an amount of capsaicin and an amount of a TNF-α inhibitor (such as etanercept) that are delivered relatively simultaneously to a subject. Methods of providing a pretreatment to a subject suitable for preventing hearing loss are also provided. The capsaicin and TNFα inhibitor may be provided in different delivery forms to the subject. Methods of providing a treatment for hearing loss with a TNFα inhibitor alone, such as entanercept, or with capsaicin alone, are also provided.

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St. Louis, MO, United States of America

Leonard Rybak