by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady wrote: Someone just gave me a copy of your book, Ototoxic Drugs Exposed, and now I know why I lost my high frequency hearing while I was in my 40s. When you are very verbal and love music and talking, this is a pretty traumatic thing. Starting in my […]
Hearing Loss Much More Common Than Previously Thought
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A recent study revealed that the incidence of hearing loss in the USA has been grossly under-reported. Four or Five years ago when everyone was quoting 28 million hard of hearing people in the USA, I proclaimed that the true incidence of hearing loss was about double that (56 million). As […]
Bluetooth and other Adaptations for Landline Phones
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady wrote: You have been the greatest help in the past and I come to you once again with a question. With your help, I am currently using the Bluetooth MaxIT neckloop with great success on my cell phone. I also own a personal Williams Sound Hearing Helper [FM system] […]
Stress and Anger Make Tinnitus Worse
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. This is the third of three tinnitus stories, illustrating different effective coping mechanisms used by each of these three people. No one thing works for everyone—so you have to see which coping strategies work the best for you in reducing your tinnitus. Here is “Sandra’s” story. She explained, My tinnitus is […]
Sudden Hearing Loss and Tinnitus
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. This is the second of three tinnitus stories. In contrast to “Jim’s” gradual drift into tinnitus, “Audrey” was suddenly plunged into it. Here is her story. I developed tinnitus very suddenly in 1993 when I was 38 years old. Before that day, I had excellent hearing and balance. I was in […]
Tinnitus and Tinnitus Maskers—One Person’s Story
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. In this and the following two blog entries are the tinnitus stories of three different people. (Each of them has graciously given me permission to share their stories in hopes of helping others. I have changed their names to protect their privacy.) Notice how each person’s tinnitus has a somewhat different […]