by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. Here’s an easy way to separate the doctors who are truly trying to help you from the doctors that just run “patient mills.” It’s based on the astute observation of J. Apley who, back in 1978, wrote: Doctors who treat the symptom tend to give a prescription. Doctors who treat the […]
Getting More Volume Out of Audio Devices
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. If you need a bit more volume when listening to audio devices such as FM receivers, iPods, MP3 Players, etc (but not telephones) when using neckloops, Music-Links or earbuds, you can get the boost you need with a neat little amplifier I just discovered at Radio Shack. I had trouble hearing […]
Getting More Volume Out of Your T-Coils and Telephones
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man wrote: I received the T-Links and hooked them up to my ClearSounds amplified telephone model CSC50. They function as advertised however in my particular case the sound that I get is just not quite loud enough. This is true even though the telephone amplification is turned to its high […]
Weird Hearing and Balance Problem
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A concerned mother explained: Our daughter is 8, and has a bilateral vestibular disorder. She has trouble reading and if she reads too much she will get horrible vertigo spells. Even her gait is affected. When she comes home from school on Friday, her stance is wider than normal and she […]
Loud Noise and Hard of Hearing People
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A hard of hearing person asked: Is the noise damage threshold the same for me as it is for a person with normal hearing? Do I just add my decibel loss (by frequency) to the noise damage threshold for normal ears? [approximately 80 to 85 dB] If sustained noise at 90 […]
Are Epidurals Given During Childbirth Ototoxic?
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady asked: Have you ever heard of epidurals used during labor and delivery being ototoxic? The reason I ask is because I met a woman whose child was born deaf 6 months ago. She had received 4 different epidurals during her labor and delivery because none of them seemed to […]