by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. Some people have been longing for a completely implantable hearing aid. Besides the (dubious) advantage of being completely invisible (people won’t be able to tell if you are hard of hearing so won’t make allowances when you don’t hear them), there are a few real advantages to a totally implantable hearing […]
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Will Speechreading Help Me With My Kind of Hearing Loss?
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man asked: I have a question about hearing strategies. Say you’re in a room and you’re trying to understand something. I’m wondering if I should learn how to read lips. It doesn’t seem like it could hurt. Do you need to take a course, or just practice? How […]
Can Amlodipine Cause Tinnitus?
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. © June, 2010, (revised May, 2019) A lady asked: Can Amlodipine cause roaring in the ears? I have only been taking it for 6 weeks. Can I stop without a problem? My doctor doesn’t think that is the cause of the roaring. I would like to stop for a […]
Reduce Your Tinnitus by Listening to Your Favorite (Notched) Music
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. Researchers are busy looking for ways to reduce tinnitus. A recent study (1) that caught my eye, and one that shows promise, consists of listening to your favorite music for about 2 hours a day for a year. How hard can that be when one of the benefits is reducing the […]
Adjusting Hearing Aids to Eliminate Recruitment Problems
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man asked: Is it possible for hearing aids to be programmed to deal with “recruitment”, the loud “bursty” elements of sound? This seems to be quite a common problem for those of us with more severe hearing losses. Few audiologists seem to take the time to properly test for recruitment, […]
Hearing and Pronouncing Words Correctly When You Have a Hearing Loss
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A student wrote: I am a senior in college and have had single-sided deafness since birth. I coped with my hearing loss fairly well, although I do not know what it is like to hear with both ears. The reason I’m writing you is because I have a problem I’d like […]
GN ReSound’s Alera “Wireless” Hearing Aid
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. Distance and noise are two enemies of hearing aids. That is why hard of hearing people often need to use assistive devices coupled with their hearing aids in order to hear beautiful, clear sound. There are many “generic” assistive listening devices that couple with hearing aids via their built-in t-coils. This […]
Nodding Chime Tinnitus Revisited
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. In a previous article “Nodding Chime Tinnitus“, a woman explained that she heard chiming tinnitus whenever she nodded or shook her head. I asked anyone reading that article if they had ever had somewhat similar experiences. Here are a number of responses I received. One lady reported: I also have the […]
Using a Neckloop with a Phone that Doesn’t Have a Neckloop Jack
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. An audiologist explained: I have a client who needs to use a neckloop at work, but his multi-line work phone is over 15 years old and doesn’t have a jack for his neckloop. Any suggestions? You bet. I’m assuming that your client is using a passive neckloop such as the Williams […]
Finding Captioned Movies in Your Area—Captionfish—One Year Later
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. Going to the movies isn’t much fun when you can’t hear or understand the dialogue. This is the case with multitudes of hard of hearing people. Thus, you want a simple way of finding captioned movies playing near you. This is where Captionfish comes in. One year ago, I wrote about […]