In fact, the tinnitus and hearing loss produced by knocking down ATG7-dependent autophagy, specifically within OHCs, are reverted by barbering, which increases Atg7 along with Atg5, making it interesting to be tested to antagonize the pathology of OHC, Wang et al. (2017) (Figure 18 and Figure 19). The gene discussed is ATG5; the disease is Tinnitus.