by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. Recently as I was surfing the web, I came across an audiological web site that blew my socks right off. This audiological practice provides an impressive array of services to hard of hearing people, but what really arrested my attention was that this particular audiology practice had an “Ototoxicity Monitoring Program,” […]
Can’t Understand Your Voice Mail Messages?—Here’s a Solution
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady wrote: I’m interested in a service that provides text conversion for voice mail messages. What company provides this service? The name of the service some hard of hearing people use to automatically transcribe and send text messages to their cell phones and computers is SimulScribe (www.simulscribe.com). As one person […]
Fluctuating Reverse-Slope Hearing Loss
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady wrote: I was diagnosed last year with a mild reverse-slope hearing loss. Since then it has not worsened much—just slightly. My question is: can this type of hearing loss fluctuate? There are days when I hear just fine. Other days I am constantly asking people to repeat themselves. I […]
Is Ciprofloxacin (Cipro) Ototoxic?
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. © Oct 11, 2007; revised Jan 9, 2019 A person asked: “Is Cipro ototoxic?” Cipro is one of the brand names of the generic antibiotic Ciprofloxacin. Ciprofloxacin belongs to the Quinolone class of drugs, all of which can be quite ototoxic. Ciprofloxacin can cause severe hearing loss, loud tinnitus, […]
Absenteeism Higher Among Hard of Hearing Employees When Proper Workplace Accommodations Are Not Made
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. Some researchers have apparently discovered that hard of hearing people call in sick more often than employees with normal hearing. Here’s the salient parts of the story. The extra energy expended on overcoming hearing problems takes its toll on hearing-impaired employees. This may explain why hearing-impaired employees are likely to […]
Are We Hard of Hearing or Not?
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. From time to time, the issue arises as to what we (people with a hearing loss) call ourselves. Many of us refer to ourselves as “hard of hearing”. One person with a hearing loss commented: “It’s a stupid expression if you ask me. Hard-of-hearing makes no sense.” Everyone is free […]
Air/Bone Gap
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady wrote: My hearing loss has been described as “an air gap in the bone.” Whatever do they mean by that? What you really mean to ask is, “What is an air/bone gap?” When your audiologist does the pure tone hearing testing (the series of beeps at different frequencies and […]
Ibuprofen and Tinnitus
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady wrote: I took 800 mg of Ibuprofen for pain relief for dental work and found I got tinnitus after that. As soon as I stopped taking the Ibuprofen, which was almost immediately following getting the side effect, the tinnitus stopped as well. Now when I need to use Ibuprofen, […]
Don’t Let Ototoxic Drugs Break Your Hips!
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. According to a recent article in the American Family Physician, Falls are the leading cause of injury-related visits to emergency departments in the United States, and the primary cause of accidental deaths in persons over the age of 65 years. The article continues, “More than 90% of hip fractures occur […]
Automatic T-coils, Music Links and Neckloops
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A mother wrote: I have some questions about your Music Links. My daughter wears binaural hearing aids that switch to t-coil mode automatically when needed. She would like to listen to her MP3 player with increased ease and clarity. What is the difference between the Music Links and a Neckloop? Which […]
When You Hear Music in the Wrong Key
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. In the last e-zine, I wrote about a man that was having trouble hearing his piano on key, and how my wife hears two different pitches—one in each ear. They are not the only ones with this problem. The day the e-zine came out, Joyce wrote: I was most interested […]
Musical Ear Syndrome Caused by Constant Background Noise
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A young lady wrote: I was very interested in your article on Musical Ear Syndrome (MES). The description seems to accurately describe what I have been experiencing throughout my life, and I must say it is relieving to find out that I am not insane. However, I am still a little […]
Gabapentin, Migraines and Ototoxicity
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. I had previously written an article called “Gabapentin Does Not Work for Tinnitus“. In response to this article a lady wrote: I had to respond to the article about Gabapentin. I had to see a new doctor for my migraines. Whereas my previous one, who moved away, had been quite […]
Tapering off Psychotropic Drugs
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. Drugs that affect our minds such as anti-anxiety drugs, anti- depressant drugs and anti-psychotic drugs can cause a host of unwanted side effects, and build up a kind of dependence that makes it very hard to get off them without even more side effects occurring, including unrelenting tinnitus. The secret […]
Ototoxic Side Effects—What’s the Risk?
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady asked, Just curious. When the doctor prescribes prescriptions, should I ask if this is an ototoxic medication and whether there is a substitute that works just as well? I want to be more prepared in the future. It’s a great idea to be prepared beforehand. If there is […]
Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease (AIED) and Allergies
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease (AIED) is a baffling condition to treat. Sometimes it occurs as the result of untreated allergies. One man explained, After undergoing steroids and all sorts of medical treatment with no results, I finally heard about allergies being a cause of AIED. After being tested, I found […]
Smoking and Noise Team Up to Destroy Your Hearing
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. In December of 2006 I wrote about smoking and hearing loss and pointed out that smoking in the presence of loud noise makes your ears even more susceptible to hearing loss than either smoking or loud noise alone. Now, researchers have published the results of a study on workers in one […]
Adjusting T-Coil Volume and Real Ear Testing on New Hearing Aids
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man had trouble hearing using his hearing aid’s t-coils. I suggested that he go to his audiologist and have the volume set to a level equal to that of his hearing aids’ microphones. When that is done, switching from microphone mode to t-coil mode would produce sounds at the same […]
When Your Piano Sounds Bad
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man explained: I have felt very fortunate during my 81 years in having the ability to play the piano “by ear.” Recently, I found that the notes starting with the “F” in the octave above the middle “C” octave sounded bad enough to me to cause me to stop […]
Sympathetic Hearing Loss
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man wrote: Your site (http://www.hearinglosshelp.com) is extremely informative. I do have a question. I am a member of ANA (Acoustic Neuroma Association) and there was one member a long time ago that experienced sympathetic hearing loss following AN surgery. Recently, there are others reporting AIED (Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease) following […]
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