by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. © December, 2022 I’ve written about several different kinds of weird tinnitus including “Moving Tongue Tinnitus” (1), “Nodding Chime Tinnitus” (2), “Reactive Tinnitus” (3), Pulsatile Tinnitus (4), “Squeaking Tinnitus” (5), “Touch-Sensitive Tinnitus” (6), “Exploding-Head Tinnitus” (7) and several other kinds of tinnitus including, “Gaze-Evoked Tinnitus”. These and the above […]
Can White Noise Therapy Worsen Tinnitus?
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. © July, 2022 A man explained, I have read a number of your really interesting articles. When I went to the Arches website to buy Arches Tinnitus formula, I noticed an article that talks about the damage caused by listening to white noise. I have read that it is […]
Do I Need to Worry About Ototoxic Drugs Since I Now Have Cochlear Implants?
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D.© January, 2022 A lady explained, I have a copy of your book Ototoxic Drugs Exposed, and have used it for reference many times. She then asked a very interesting question, I’ve become a cochlear implant recipient and will go bilateral–hopefully this year. Do CI recipients need to worry anymore about potentially […]
Don’t Yank Your Earbuds Out—You Can Wreck Your Ears in the Process!
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. © November, 2021 You probably know that listening to louder music via earbuds can damage your ears. This is because the sound is trapped in your ear canals and focused on your eardrums. If you have the volume turned up too high, the end result can be hearing loss […]
Neuromodulation for Treating Tinnitus
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. © February, 2021 A man in the UK wrote: Would you know anything about Neuromod in Ireland for treating tinnitus? We’ve looked at independent reviews but are still unsure. It’s £2,500 non-returnable and they say 81% get relief within a few weeks. 16% can get worse which is worrying. […]
Hyperacusis and Other Sound Sensitivities—Here’s the Scoop
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. © November, 2020 Being hypersensitive to sound is not particularly high on my list of enjoyable activities to put it mildly! When you are hypersensitive to sounds, you discover to your consternation that certain sounds, many sounds or all sounds are so loud that they make you wince, jump, […]
Affordable Hearing Aids for Under $200.00?
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. © November, 2020 Over the years, numbers of people have asked me, Where can I find an affordable hearing aid? They all cost so much, and I’m on a limited income. Can you help me? Typically hearing aids are expensive, ranging from around $800.00 at the low end, and […]
Why Does Touching My Ear Cause Tinnitus?
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. © November, 2020 A man reported, Whenever I touch my right ear or touch the area around my right ear, I hear/feel a strong rumbling sound. It goes away as soon as I stop touching it. A lady with a cochlear implant reported, When I pull on my right earlobe, the […]
Why Does My Tinnitus Randomly Switch Ears?
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. © November, 2020 A lady asked, I’ve had ringing in my ears for several months now either due to taking a drug, or a smoke alarm suddenly going off. It is so strange though. For a couple of days, my left ear will have low ringing, then it will stop […]
1,000 Genes Affect Hearing in Humans
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. © July, 2019 You may have thought that most hearing loss is caused by hair cells dying. You would have been right if you were just thinking about hearing loss due to exposing your ears to loud noises. At the same time, you’d be mostly wrong if you ignored […]
Is Clindamycin Ototoxic or Not?
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. © November, 2018 A man read my article, “The Ototoxicity of Drugs Ending in-mycin”. In it, I said that all of the drugs listed there (which included Clindamycin) are ototoxic to some extent or other. He then referred me to Dr. Tim Hain’s article “Ototoxic Medications” where Dr. Hain had written, […]
Should You See a Doctor Before Getting Your First Hearing Aids?
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. © November, 2018 Perhaps you’ve noticed that you don’t hear as well as you used to. Perhaps you are getting tired of saying “pardon?” or “what?” or “say that again” because you often can’t understand the person talking to you, or have to turn your TV way up in […]
Hearing Loss and Dementia
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. © August, 2018 Dementia linked to hearing loss has been in the news quite a bit lately. The media hype has left some hard of hearing people feeling that they’ll end up with dementia simply because they now have a hearing loss—as though hearing loss has to result in […]
How I Got into Helping Hard of Hearing People Deal with the Effects of Ototoxic Drugs, Tinnitus and Other Ear Conditions
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. © August, 2018 Numbers of people have asked me how I got into doing what I do now—helping people deal with their hearing losses and other ear-related conditions. They have wondered whether it was because I lost my hearing due to taking ototoxic drugs, and if that was why […]
Tinnitus Triggered by Ototoxic Drugs: Steps You Can Take to Reduce Your Risk of Getting Tinnitus
By Neil Bauman, Ph.D. © August, 2018 In fiction, sidekicks often accompany the main character. For example, the Lone Ranger had his sidekick Tonto; Batman had Robin; Sherlock Holmes had Dr. Watson. In the same manner, many drugs also travel with an invisible, yet very vocal, sidekick named “Tinnitus.” If you are unlucky, […]
Dealing with Hearing Loss: “Wounded Warrior” or “Happy Camper”?
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. © June, 2018 Hearing, if you have a significant hearing loss, is not easy in many group situations. What is easy, is becoming a “wounded warrior” when what should have been a happy get together turns into a humiliating and painful experience because of our hearing losses. For example, […]
Which Are the Least Ototoxic Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs)?
Neil Bauman, Ph.D. June, 2018 (revised October, 2024) People have asked me which are the least ototoxic non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. For example one man asked: If you have a product that offers advice on the “best of the bad choices” for NSAIDs, I would be glad to purchase it. I really need advice in this […]
Why Hard of Hearing People Love Hearing Loops in Churches Rather Than FM Systems
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. May, 2018 A man wrote, I am going to approach my church about installing a hearing loop system. It is going to be a “hard sell” because the church already has a largely-unused FM system and apparently, I am the only person interested in, and familiar enough with, […]
Installing a Hearing Loop System in a Church Is Not a Do-It-Yourself Project
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. © March, 2018 A man wrote, I am a member of the technical committee at our church and we are investigating installing a hearing loop system. When an addition was built for our new sanctuary, we ran the cable for a loop system. What we are planning on doing […]
Moving-Tongue Tinnitus
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. © March, 2018, revised March, 2020 Over the years, people with all sorts of weird tinnitus have contacted me. As a result, I’ve written about nodding-chime tinnitus, gaze-evoked tinnitus, reactive tinnitus, pulsatile tinnitus, squeaking tinnitus and touch-sensitive (somatic) tinnitus as well as the common neurophysiologic tinnitus that we normally […]
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