by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. © November, 2020 Over the years, numbers of people have asked me, Where can I find an affordable hearing aid? They all cost so much, and I’m on a limited income. Can you help me? Typically hearing aids are expensive, ranging from around $800.00 at the low end, and […]
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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 […]