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Why Does Touching My Ear Cause Tinnitus?

by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. © November, 2020 A man reported, Whenever I touch my right ear or touch the area around my right ear, I hear/feel a strong rumbling sound. It goes away as soon as I stop touching it. A lady with a cochlear implant reported, When I pull on my right earlobe, the […]

Why Does My Tinnitus Randomly Switch Ears?

by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. © November, 2020   A lady asked, I’ve had ringing in my ears for several months now either due to taking a drug, or a smoke alarm suddenly going off. It is so strange though. For a couple of days, my left ear will have low ringing, then it will stop […]

1,000 Genes Affect Hearing in Humans

  by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. © July, 2019   You may have thought that most hearing loss is caused by hair cells dying. You would have been right if you were just thinking about hearing loss due to exposing your ears to loud noises. At the same time, you’d be mostly wrong if you ignored […]

Is Clindamycin Ototoxic or Not?

by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. © November, 2018 A man read my article, “The Ototoxicity of Drugs Ending in-mycin”. In it, I said that all of the drugs listed there (which included Clindamycin) are ototoxic to some extent or other. He then referred me to Dr. Tim Hain’s article “Ototoxic Medications” where Dr. Hain had written, […]

Should You See a Doctor Before Getting Your First Hearing Aids?

  by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. © November, 2018   Perhaps you’ve noticed that you don’t hear as well as you used to. Perhaps you are getting tired of saying “pardon?” or “what?” or “say that again” because you often can’t understand the person talking to you, or have to turn your TV way up in […]

Hearing Loss and Dementia

  by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. © August, 2018   Dementia linked to hearing loss has been in the news quite a bit lately. The media hype has left some hard of hearing people feeling that they’ll end up with dementia simply because they now have a hearing loss—as though hearing loss has to result in […]

How I Got into Helping Hard of Hearing People Deal with the Effects of Ototoxic Drugs, Tinnitus and Other Ear Conditions

by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. © August, 2018 (Revised 2025) Numbers of people have asked me how I got into doing what I do now—helping people deal with their hearing losses and other ear-related conditions. They have wondered whether it was because I lost my hearing due to taking ototoxic drugs, and if that was why […]

Tinnitus Triggered by Ototoxic Drugs: Steps You Can Take to Reduce Your Risk of Getting Tinnitus

By Neil Bauman, Ph.D. © August, 2018 In fiction, sidekicks often accompany the main character. For example, the Lone Ranger had his sidekick Tonto; Batman had Robin; Sherlock Holmes had Dr. Watson. In the same manner, many drugs also travel with an invisible, yet very vocal, sidekick named “Tinnitus.” If you are unlucky, tinnitus is […]

Dealing with Hearing Loss: “Wounded Warrior” or “Happy Camper”?

  by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. © June, 2018   Hearing, if you have a significant hearing loss, is not easy in many group situations. What is easy, is becoming a “wounded warrior” when what should have been a happy get together turns into a humiliating and painful experience because of our hearing losses. For example, […]

Which Are the Least Ototoxic Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs)?

Neil Bauman, Ph.D. June, 2018 (revised October, 2024) People have asked me which are the least ototoxic non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. For example one man asked: If you have a product that offers advice on the “best of the bad choices” for NSAIDs, I would be glad to purchase it. I really need advice in this […]

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Ototoxic Drugs Exposed

Ototoxic Drugs Exposed 3-volume set You don’t have to let drugs damage your ears leaving you with hearing loss, tinnitus, hyperacusis, ear pain, dizziness, vertigo or other ear problems. This book set reveals how you can greatly reduce your chances of getting these conditions.

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Take Control of Your Tinnitus—Here’s How

If your ears ring, buzz, chirp, hiss, click or roar, you know just how annoying tinnitus can be. You do not have to put up with this racket for the rest of your life. This book teaches you many things you can do to help bring your tinnitus under your control so it no longer bothers you.

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Sounds Now Too Loud for You?

Hypersensitive to Sound front coverIf some (or all) normal sounds seem so loud they “blow the top of your head off”, or make you wince or jump, or cause you headaches or ear pain, or affect your balance, or result in fear or annoyance of sounds so you feel you have to avoid these sounds, this book is for you!

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Hearing Phantom Sounds?

Phantom Voices Ethereal Music & Other Spooky SoundsWhen hard of hearing people begin hearing phantom voices or music, they immediately worry they are going crazy. It never crosses their minds that they are sane and are just experiencing Musical Ear syndrome.

Click here to learn more about the strange phantom sounds of Musical Ear syndrome and what you can do about them.

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Don’t Suffer with Meniere’s Disease

Say Good Bye to Meniere's Disease book front cover If you have experienced Meniere’s Disease, you know it is no laughing matter. The good news is that you can get rid of it painlessly and per-manently when you follow the protocols laid out in this book.

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"The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life [which also includes perfect hearing] through Jesus Christ our Lord." [Romans 6:23]

"But know this, in the last days perilous times will come" [2 Timothy 3:1]. "For there will be famines, pestilences, and [severe] earthquakes in various places" [Matthew 24:7], "distress of nations, the sea and the waves roaring"—tsunamis, hurricanes—Luke 21:25, but this is good news if you have put your trust in the Lord Jesus Christ, for "when these things begin to happen, lift up your heads [and rejoice] because your redemption draws near" [Luke 21:28].