by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. Back in August 19, 2006 I wrote a short article called “
Non-Ototoxic Over-the-Counter Pain Relief
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man asked, If Ibuprofen (Advil), Aspirin, Naproxen (Aleve), and Acetaminophen (Tylenol) are ototoxic, what’s safe for over the counter pain relief? I don’t keep track of all the over-the-counter (OTC) pain relievers or any other drugs for that matter. I just keep track of drugs with ototoxic side effects. […]
Clear Surgical Masks That Let You Speechread Your Doctor and Other Health Care Professionals Now Available!
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. For decades I’ve wished that doctors, dentists and other health care professionals would wear clear surgical masks so that I could speechread them. I know many of you with more severe hearing losses feel the same. In the past, I’ve read about clear masks that had been invented, but […]
Meniere’s Disease—New Book Gives You the Latest on This Baffling Condition
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. One of the reasons I have not published this eZine for the past three months is that I have been enormously busy working on several projects with unmovable deadlines. (I hope to get back to a regular publishing schedule for this eZine now.) One project that took a lot of my […]
Get Captioned New Movies via Zediva—the New Online Movie Rental Service
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. Zediva is a new on-line movie distribution company. For $1.99 per movie, you can instantly watch the most current and popular blockbuster movies online wherever you have an Internet connection—as soon as the movie becomes available on DVD. According to their press release, “Movie aficionados can watch many movies as much […]
Chart Compares the Three Main Brands of Cochlear Implants in the USA
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. It’s always hard to separate the truth from the hype on most manufacturer’s websites. This is just as true on the cochlear implant websites. Each site touts their product as being the latest and the greatest and the one that incorporates the latest technology, blah, blah, blah. Thus it is always […]
NeutronicEar—What’s the Scoop on This Product?
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady asked, What is your opinion on the NeutronicEar? It costs $500 and is advertised as ‘reading glasses for your ears’ in a magazine. The NeutronicEar is just another name for the older Crystal Ear hearing device that has been around for few years now. The two devices look identical. […]
Entrainment—What’s That?
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man explained: I always wondered what the ‘immediate after-whoosh’ was while wearing my hearing aids, and was enlightened to find out that it was something called ‘entrainment’, which only those who wear hearing aids hear. Are there any techniques or tips for listening through, or coping with, entrainment, or is […]
Can’t Find Captioned Netflix Movies? Phlixie to the Rescue
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. Nanci Linke-Ellis of Captionfish recently explained about a new captioned entertainment search service now being provided by Phlixie to help you find captioned movies on Netflix. She wrote: When Captionfish was created, it simplified the task of finding captioned entertainment at public venues everywhere. [Ed. note: I last wrote about Captionfish […]
Protect Your Ears in Bars or Hearing Loss and Noise Sensitivity Could Happen to You
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man asked, In September 2011, after drinking with friends, we went to a bar and just before we left, there was a very loud song. When I came out of the building, I heard loud tinnitus in my right ear. I didn’t realize it was a big issue and went […]
CapTel 800i—Changing Your Phone’s Default Volume Setting
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. For those of you that use the wonderful CapTel 800i captioned phone, this phone comes with the default volume set in the middle. This means that you can set the volume to whatever level you like, but when you hang up the phone it automatically resets the volume to this preset […]
Which Blood Pressure Drugs Do Not Cause Tinnitus?
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady wrote, I am 64 years old, and I have had tinnitus since around 1990. I have been taking Propranolol since 1979, which was originally prescribed for my migraines. At this point in my life, I have developed hypertension which is not controlled by this dose of Propranolol. My doctor […]
Hearing Aid Subsidies for People Living in Canada
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. Back in February 6, 2010 I wrote an article “Sources of Financial Assistance for Purchasing Hearing Aids“. Unfortunately, this information only pertains to people living in the USA. The good news is that there is also some government help available to hard of hearing people living in Canada. The Canadian Hard […]
Esomeprazole and Tinnitus
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man wrote, Three weeks ago I started taking Esomeprazole (40mg) 1 tablet daily in the morning before breakfast because of a case of stomach and gastric reflux sufferings. Everything was going well, but about four days ago I started to suffer from strange noises in my ears like bells—very sharp […]
Secondhand Smoke Harms Hearing
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. Smoking causes hearing loss in many smokers. That is nothing new. I have written about this for several years now. So maybe it shouldn’t come as a complete surprise that researchers have now discovered that breathing secondhand smoke also harms hearing in non-smokers. Researchers divided 3,307 people between the ages of […]
Tinnitus, Ear Pain and Zolpidem
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady wrote, I think the tinnitus and intense ear pain I’ve had for 17 months might be a combination of things—Eustachian tube dysfunction from a lot of airplane flights, and some arthritis in my jaw joint aggravated from dental work? I have been taking 5 mg. Ambien to sleep all […]
Heat, Humidity and Humor—Troubleshooting Your Hearing Aid When It Quits Working
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. Sometimes your hearing aids quit at the most inconvenient times. Often the problem is minor and is easily rectified—if you know what to do. Figuring out what to do can be frustrating. Here is one man’s story to remind you that humidity is an enemy of your hearing aids. He explained: […]
Weird Hearing Loss and Tinnitus from Taking Atenolol
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A medical doctor contacted me because he had a weird set of symptoms. A few times a year he would suddenly get loud tinnitus in one ear that seemed to come out of nowhere and for no reason. Then his hearing would begin to fade away. This would last an hour […]
Lack of Adequate Folate (Vitamin B9) Associated with High-Frequency Hearing Loss in Older Adults
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A recent study in elderly people revealed that blood serum folate levels significantly correlate with high-frequency hearing loss in people over 60 years old. (1) Lack of adequate folate levels seems to affect high-frequency hearing. (Incidentally, folate is the natural form, while folic acid is the synthetic form of Vitamin B9, […]
Two Good Habits for New Hearing Aid Users
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. If you are new to wearing hearing aids, you need to learn the best ways to adapt to wearing your new hearing aids. Otherwise you may dump your new hearing aids in a dresser drawer, give up and conclude hearing aids don’t work—not to mention wasting all those thousands of dollars […]
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