by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. with Bob McPherson A lady explained: A person asked me about the best hearing aid batteries. She was inquiring about “gold” batteries and I’m not familiar with them. Are these “gold” batteries any better than the regular zinc- air batteries? The expert on hearing aid batteries, and where to get the […]
Safe Swimming Activities for People with Large Vestibular Aqueduct Syndrome (LVAS)
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A concerned parent wrote: Our six-year-old daughter was recently diagnosed with LVAS. Our doctor tells us she has already lost all useful hearing in one ear, so we are obviously very protective of her good ear. We are now struggling with the right balance on activity restrictions. She is an enthusiastic […]
Ototoxicity Is the Least of Your Worries if You Take Olmesartan (Benicar)
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. © June, 2010 Olmesartan is moderately ototoxic—it causes hearing loss, tinnitus, balance problems including vertigo in numbers of people, but that appears to be the least of your worries if you take this drug. Our drug watchdog, the FDA, in their latest email bulletin (1), reports: The “FDA is […]
The CM-BT—A Quality Bluetooth Neckloop/Audio Amplifier
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. Williams Sound recently released their brand new bluetooth neckloop called the CM-BT Bluetooth Audio Amplifier. Since Williams Sound makes top quality equipment (they make the PockeTalker for example), I just had to check it out for myself to see if it really had the goods. The result was, I was impressed! […]
Free Ways to Learn to Sign (ASL)
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man explained: I lost my hearing when I was 26. I even tried a cochlear implant, but I’m still deaf. I need to learn sign, but since I don’t have a job, I have very limited income. I need a free way, let me repeat “free” way to learn sign […]
The Carina—A Fully-implantable Hearing Aid by Otologics
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. Some people have been longing for a completely implantable hearing aid. Besides the (dubious) advantage of being completely invisible (people won’t be able to tell if you are hard of hearing so won’t make allowances when you don’t hear them), there are a few real advantages to a totally implantable hearing […]