by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man asked: While it is common knowledge that smoking is harmful to the lungs, I have been told that smoking may damage hearing as well. Is this true? I could not find a reference to this in your list of ototoxic drugs on your website. The Hearing Loss Help website […]
Will Hearing Aids Work in Cases of Head Injuries?
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A young lady wrote: My boyfriend and I were in a motorcycle accident in July. Since then he has had deafness in the left ear. His ENT told him he had a skull fracture and now has permanent hearing loss in the left ear, and that there is no chance of recovery. Would […]
Twinrix Hepatitis Vaccine–Ototoxic?
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man asked: It seems like everyone is getting vaccinated with the Twinrix Hepatitis virus vaccine. Do you know how safe it is? Does it affect hearing? I have no information indicating Twinrix causes hearing loss. However, it can cause dizziness, vertigo, tinnitus and middle ear pain–so you might want to […]
Hearing iPod in Stereo with Cochlear Implants
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man asked: How can you get a stereo signal (say out of an iPod) split into a right and a left channel for bilateral cochlear implant (CI) recipients? The female plug from the iPod is 1/8″ stereo. Each CI processor has a DAI [direct audio input] patch cord ending with a 1/8″ […]
Moisture Blocking Sound in Hearing Aids
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A mother wrote: A few weeks ago my son’s digital hearing aid stopped working and he got very upset because he was in the middle of exams and didn’t want to have to send the aid away for repairs just then. I wangled a emergency appointment for that night with the […]
Good and Bad Hearing At the Same Time
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A young man wrote: My girlfriend has a hearing issue. When listening to music, she cannot hear the high, metallic sounds, like cymbals tapping to a beat–sounds that are produced by the tweeter. Sounds that sound like TSK TSK TSK TSK TSK, she cannot hear. She doesn’t have hearing loss, in […]