by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. Pretty well everyone gets hiccups from time to time. This is normal. Usually the hiccups go away in a few minutes. However, sometimes the hiccups persist for hours or days or weeks, and rarely, months or years. When you hiccup, your diaphragm and nearby muscles contract, causing you to […]
What to Do When Your TV Doesn’t Have RCA Audio Output Jacks and You Want to Hook a Loop Amplifier to It
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man explained, I have a new Vizio flat screen TV, but it doesn’t have any audio output jacks, nor even an earphone jack. It only has an ‘optical’ output called SPDIF, whatever that is. I don’t have a cable box, satellite box or anything with audio out jacks—just the cable […]
Radiation Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer Causes Increased Hearing Loss
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A news item titled “Hearing Loss Common Following Radiation Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer” revealed the shocking fact that people having radiation to their heads or necks were 682% more likely to experience severe hearing loss as compared to those in the control group. (1) Thus if you want to […]
The Hearing Fix—Beneficial or Hoax?
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man asked, I’ve come across a website that’s called The Hearing Fix. They say they have capsules (a herbal mix and so forth) that works really well at restoring hearing, money back guarantee, backed by university research. Do you know of such? Is such correct? You are not the first […]
Top Ten Nasty Noisy Toys for 2010 That Can Damage Hearing
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. Loud sounds can cause hearing loss. This is no secret. So why do the toy manufacturers insist on making toys that produce ear-damaging levels of sound? Maybe more to the point, why do parents/grandparents buy such noisy toys for their children? Young children have especially sensitive ears and short arms. Thus, […]
Neckloops with Mono Plugs Can “Butcher” Music—Here’s the Solution
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D., with Steve Barber You want to be careful to match mono plugs to mono jacks and stereo plugs to stereo jacks when using music equipment. If you don’t, you can end up with problems. My friend Steve explained, I’d been happily using my neckloop (a standard Williams neckloop) with my iPod […]
Life with a Cochlear Implant—Before and After
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D., with Michele and Dawn People have asked me about cochlear implants (CIs), and want to know whether a CI might be a good choice to help them hear better. They want to know what kind of hearing results they might expect. I can’t think of a better way to explain this, […]
As Your Kidneys Go, So Goes Your Hearing
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. For centuries, Chinese herbalists have proclaimed that your ears and your kidneys are “connected”. In other words, what affects your kidneys, also affects your ears (or maybe it is vice versa). This is nothing new. What is new is that modern medical science is finally realizing just how true this is. […]
New 3rd Edition of “Ototoxic Drugs Exposed” Now Available
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. People have asked me, When are you going to update the 2nd edition of your book Ototoxic Drugs Exposed, which is now about 8 years old? There are many new drugs that have come out since you put out the 2nd edition. We want to know which of these new drugs […]
Time Traveler Using Cell Phone, or Old Hearing Aid?
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. I’ve had a number of people ask me concerning a portion of an “outtake” of a 1928 Charlie Chaplin movie—wondering whether what was being shown was a time traveler using a modern cell phone back in 1928, or whether it was, more realistically, a person using an old hearing aid. For […]
“Disease Branding”—How the Drug Companies Make Billions of Dollars Selling Drugs—and Damage Your Ears in the Process
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. Below is the first part of a revealing article that shows how the drug companies “hook you” into taking their drugs for conditions that never were diseases in the first place—like shyness. When you take drugs, you also expose your body to drug side effects. Some of these side effects (ototoxic […]
Tinnitus—Lyme Disease or Ototoxic Drugs?
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady wrote, I am currently feeling like I am losing my mind due to the ringing in my ears. I have Lyme Disease, and have been on Minocin for one year. I was off it for about two weeks, and just got back on it. I thought it was the […]
Help! I Can’t Hear My Wife When We Are In the Car
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man explained, I have total loss of hearing in my right ear (treated acoustic neuroma) and moderate hearing loss in my left ear. I wear a BTE hearing aid in my left ear. Can you come up with some type of system that would enable me to hear my wife’s […]
Erythromycin, Acne and Hearing Loss
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A concerned mother wrote, My 17 year old son has never had any hearing issues in the past. He does not have a history of listening to loud music, etc., nor does he have ear infections. Last Thursday, he failed his annual hearing test. In fact, he failed it in both […]
Coping Strategies to Help Your Child Live Life to the Fullest
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A mother wrote, My 3 year old daughter has profound hearing loss in both ears. She is currently using digital hearing aids and has therapy regularly. Lately, we have discovered that she has lost more hearing in her right ear, and has stopped responding on that side. I am at a […]
Noise Abatement Strategies Don’t Work with Phantom Noise!
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady explained, I deal with noise complaints for a local authority. I have had some complaints that I believe are musical hallucinations, and have read and used your article about Musical Ear Syndrome (MES) to assist. We often also deal with complaints of low frequency noises, hums, washing machines, etc. […]
Citalopram and Tinnitus
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man wrote, I started taking Citalopram (Celexa) in mid-April. I was on it for a week and got ringing in my ears. This was 7 days at 10 mg., and 2 days (days 8 and 9) at 20 mg. when the ringing became severely loud. I got off the Citalopram […]
Furosemide and Hearing Loss
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady wrote: I have a serious problem. I need to have a renal scan that uses Lasix (Furosemide) intravenously. I just read in your book “Ototoxic Drugs Exposed” how toxic Furosemide can be, and hearing loss can result from intravenous injection. I am extremely nervous as to what to do. […]
Using Loop Amplifiers with Multiple Microphones
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man explained: I am looking at a loop system for my home to be used with the telecoils in my hearing aids. I want to use it primarily to help me converse when a lot of people are in the house. I have a couple of questions. 1. How […]
Will Our Daughter Become Dependent on Assistive Devices?
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A concerned mother asked: Our audiologist has said our 6- year-old daughter might benefit from using an FM receiver in the classroom since she is almost deaf in one ear. My husband and I are unsure if this is a wise course. If we introduce hearing devices early in her physical […]
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