by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. May, 2018 A man wrote, I am going to approach my church about installing a hearing loop system. It is going to be a “hard sell” because the church already has a largely-unused FM system and apparently, I am the only person interested in, and familiar enough with, […]
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Installing a Hearing Loop System in a Church Is Not a Do-It-Yourself Project
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. © March, 2018 A man wrote, I am a member of the technical committee at our church and we are investigating installing a hearing loop system. When an addition was built for our new sanctuary, we ran the cable for a loop system. What we are planning on doing […]
Moving-Tongue Tinnitus
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. © March, 2018, revised March, 2020 Over the years, people with all sorts of weird tinnitus have contacted me. As a result, I’ve written about nodding-chime tinnitus, gaze-evoked tinnitus, reactive tinnitus, pulsatile tinnitus, squeaking tinnitus and touch-sensitive (somatic) tinnitus as well as the common neurophysiologic tinnitus that we normally just call […]
Reactive Tinnitus
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. © February, 2018 Introduction Reactive tinnitus is a fairly new term. And as is often the case with new terms, there seems to be quite a bit of controversy in some circles over exactly what reactive tinnitus is and is not. For example, some people are adamant that there’s no such […]
How to Keep Diabetes From Affecting Your Hearing and Your Health
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. © January, 2018 It is no secret that diabetes causes hearing loss in numbers of people with this condition. In fact, hearing loss among diabetics is more than twice that of those without diabetes. Studies show that one in three people with diabetes will have trouble with their hearing […]
Which Are the Least Ototoxic Beta-Blockers and other Anti-hypertensive Drugs?
Neil Bauman, Ph.D. January, 2018 (revised October, 2024) People often ask me which are the least ototoxic beta blockers (or other classes of anti-hypertensive drugs) to take for high blood pressure (hypertension). For example one man asked: I have some questions about the ototoxicity of medications for high blood pressure. My primary care physician and […]
Cytomegalovirus and Hearing Loss
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. © November, 2017 Introduction to Cytomegalovirus Perhaps you have never heard of cytomegalovirus (CMV), but the chances are, this virus has already infected your body. By age 40, between 50% and 80% of adults in the United States have already been infected by the cytomegalovirus. (1) This incidence increases […]
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Drugs (SSRIs) and Tinnitus
Neil Bauman, Ph.D. © October, 2017 Drugs are a fickle lot. You take a drug to fix one problem, only to find it causes another—and often worse—problem. For example, some antidepressant drugs alleviate symptoms of depression and anxiety by increasing the level of serotonin in your brain. Unfortunately, at the same time, this […]
The Early History of Zenith Hearing Aids
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. © June, 2017 “As a young salesman, Eugene F. McDonald Jr. hurt his head in an auto accident and became deaf in one ear. When he became the hard-driving boss of Chicago’s Zenith Radio Corporation, one of the biggest US radio-makers of the day, McDonald was shocked at the […]
Are the Magnetic Fields in Hearing Loops a Health Hazard?
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. February 28, 2017 An audiologist wrote, I am an Italian audiologist. Whenever I can, I encourage the use of hearing loops. Recently, the registry office of an important Italian city was interested in installing a counter hearing loop. They wanted me to guarantee that the employees working at the […]