by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man wrote: My 70ish mother has just started ‘hearing’ phantom singing. She is hearing hymns sung by angels and sometimes the beating of drums. She is a church-goer and as long as i can remember has been humming hymns at home. A few months ago she became aware […]
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Coping with Recruitment
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady explained: My audiologist says I have severe recruitment and hyperacusis—sound really hurts my ears. I’ve worn ear plugs most of my life, not so much to guard my hearing against sounds that would do more damage (though it’s common sense to wear ear plugs during those events that would […]
Press “H” for Human—The Latest Update
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. Back in August 19, 2006 I wrote a short article called “
Non-Ototoxic Over-the-Counter Pain Relief
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man asked, If Ibuprofen (Advil), Aspirin, Naproxen (Aleve), and Acetaminophen (Tylenol) are ototoxic, what’s safe for over the counter pain relief? I don’t keep track of all the over-the-counter (OTC) pain relievers or any other drugs for that matter. I just keep track of drugs with ototoxic side effects. […]
Clear Surgical Masks That Let You Speechread Your Doctor and Other Health Care Professionals Now Available!
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. For decades I’ve wished that doctors, dentists and other health care professionals would wear clear surgical masks so that I could speechread them. I know many of you with more severe hearing losses feel the same. In the past, I’ve read about clear masks that had been invented, but […]
Meniere’s Disease—New Book Gives You the Latest on This Baffling Condition
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. One of the reasons I have not published this eZine for the past three months is that I have been enormously busy working on several projects with unmovable deadlines. (I hope to get back to a regular publishing schedule for this eZine now.) One project that took a lot of my […]
Get Captioned New Movies via Zediva—the New Online Movie Rental Service
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. Zediva is a new on-line movie distribution company. For $1.99 per movie, you can instantly watch the most current and popular blockbuster movies online wherever you have an Internet connection—as soon as the movie becomes available on DVD. According to their press release, “Movie aficionados can watch many movies as much […]
Chart Compares the Three Main Brands of Cochlear Implants in the USA
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. It’s always hard to separate the truth from the hype on most manufacturer’s websites. This is just as true on the cochlear implant websites. Each site touts their product as being the latest and the greatest and the one that incorporates the latest technology, blah, blah, blah. Thus it is always […]
NeutronicEar—What’s the Scoop on This Product?
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady asked, What is your opinion on the NeutronicEar? It costs $500 and is advertised as ‘reading glasses for your ears’ in a magazine. The NeutronicEar is just another name for the older Crystal Ear hearing device that has been around for few years now. The two devices look identical. […]
Entrainment—What’s That?
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man explained: I always wondered what the ‘immediate after-whoosh’ was while wearing my hearing aids, and was enlightened to find out that it was something called ‘entrainment’, which only those who wear hearing aids hear. Are there any techniques or tips for listening through, or coping with, entrainment, or is […]