by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. If your tinnitus is bothering you, maybe you should try Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT). CBT is just a fancy way of saying that how you think about something reflects how you will react physically and emotionally to it. Thousands of years ago, wise King Solomon wrote, “As a man thinks in […]
Difference Between T-Links and Music Links
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man asked: What is the difference between the Music Links and the T-links other than the T-links have a built-in microphone and use a different sized plug? The big difference is in how the plug is wired. The Music Links are wired exactly the same way stereo earbuds/earphones are wired—one […]
Lisa Evans-Smith, Au.D.—Audiologist Extraordinaire
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. Recently as I was surfing the web, I came across an audiological web site that blew my socks right off. This audiological practice provides an impressive array of services to hard of hearing people, but what really arrested my attention was that this particular audiology practice had an “Ototoxicity Monitoring Program,” […]
Can’t Understand Your Voice Mail Messages?—Here’s a Solution
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady wrote: I’m interested in a service that provides text conversion for voice mail messages. What company provides this service? The name of the service some hard of hearing people use to automatically transcribe and send text messages to their cell phones and computers is SimulScribe (www.simulscribe.com). As one person […]
Fluctuating Reverse-Slope Hearing Loss
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady wrote: I was diagnosed last year with a mild reverse-slope hearing loss. Since then it has not worsened much—just slightly. My question is: can this type of hearing loss fluctuate? There are days when I hear just fine. Other days I am constantly asking people to repeat themselves. I […]
Is Ciprofloxacin (Cipro) Ototoxic?
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. © Oct 11, 2007; revised Jan 9, 2019 A person asked: “Is Cipro ototoxic?” Cipro is one of the brand names of the generic antibiotic Ciprofloxacin. Ciprofloxacin belongs to the Quinolone class of drugs, all of which can be quite ototoxic. Ciprofloxacin can cause severe hearing loss, loud tinnitus, ataxia, dizziness, […]