by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. The Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing has just released “The Savvy Consumer’s Guide to Hearing Loss.” This excellent 193 page book, by Karen Rockow, Ph. D,. herself hard of hearing, and now with a cochlear implant, gives a lot of practical coping strategies for people new to […]
Adjusting Hearing Aids for Reverse Slope Losses
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady asked, My son is 5 years old and will be entering Kindergarten in the fall. We are currently trying to fit him with new hearing aids. His left ear has reverse slope loss. 65db @ 250 60db @ 500, 45 @ 1000, 25 @ 2000-8000. His current ear mold […]
Sudden Hearing Loss And Strokes
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. The Washington Post (June 26, 2008) ran a piece entitled “Sudden Hearing Loss May Portend Stroke” The first three paragraphs read: Sudden hearing loss may foreshadow a stroke by as much as two years,” say Taiwanese researchers. The researchers analyzed five years of follow-up data on 1,423 patients hospitalized for an […]
PockeTalker Pro vs. PockeTalker Ultra
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady asked: I’m currently trying out a loaner PockeTalker Pro. There’s also a PockeTalker Ultra. I’ve downloaded the spec sheets on both, but I’m still not clear on what the difference is between the two models. Do you know? The Pro is the older PockeTalker model. Williams Sound didn’t think […]
Setting Up Your Digital-to-Analog Converter Box
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. In response to my article “Setting Up Your Digital-to-Analog Converter Box” (July 15, 2008) , a reader supplied some more valuable information. Steve wrote: The most recent issue brings up the topic of the Digital TV conversion. There are a couple of things that the web sites do not mention, I thought […]
Tinnitus — “The Sound of Hell”
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. For some people, the tinnitus they hear all day long—every day—makes it hard to cope with life. Eddy is one such person. Now totally deaf and almost blind, she writes, “The noises in my head almost drive me nuts. They change constantly. I know, that people could go nuts with what […]