by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A hard of hearing teacher wrote: It seems to me that loop systems and FM systems are better for students than for teachers. How would either benefit a teacher? It seems that those systems are set up to have one person (usually the teacher) wear the microphone and the sound gets […]
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Large Vestibular Aqueduct Syndrome and Mountain Travel
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A concerned mother asked: My daughter is 9 years old and she has been hearing impaired since she was about 2½. She has bilaterally enlarged vestibular aqueducts, and she also has only 1½ turns on her cochlea. My question is, do you think it would be safe for her to go […]
The Benefits of Hearing and Speechreading Together
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. One lady asked, I was wondering if it is possible to speech read what people are saying if you can’t hear them at all? I am finding that if I can hear them even a little bit, I can speech read a lot of what they are saying. but […]
Aldosterone Revisited
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. In the March, 2008 issue, I reported on an interesting treatment for hearing loss. There has been a fair bit of interest in this treatment as evidenced by the various comments on the HearingLossHelp blog. You can read the original article and comments here. In part, here is Rick Walter’s comment […]
Why Do Drugs for Treating Tinnitus Also Cause Tinnitus?
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady wrote: Some drugs, such as Neurontin [Gabapentin] or Xanax [Alprazolam] have been recommended as treatments for tinnitus. Is not this contradictory since they can also cause tinnitus? Xanax does lower it for me, temporarily; and Neurontin does lower it while the drug is in my system. The above drugs […]
Trouble Hearing on the Telephone
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man wrote: During the past few years I’ve found that understanding speech on the telephone has become increasingly difficult. I wonder if this issue has been addressed. 1) Are there certain types of phones that make this more of a problem (i.e. portable phones)? 2) Are people generally speaking much […]
Can Lidocaine Cause Tinnitus?
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady wrote: I have had tinnitus for the past 4+ yrs. It goes up and down according to stress levels, diet, and so forth. However, I went to the dentist three days ago and I notice that the volume has increased more than usual. I called today and his assistant […]
Hearing Loss and Ear Wax
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady wrote: I read your article [Sudden Hearing Loss Is a Medical Emergency] as I am suffering a single-ear hearing loss. It started two days ago when I woke up. It felt like something was blocking my left ear. It was not very severe though. But today when I woke […]
Where’s That Sound Coming From?
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. One lady asked: Do you ever hear something and can’t figure out immediately where the sound is coming from? Another lady replied: For me, that happens all the time. I have much less hearing in my right ear than in my left. At work when someone calls my name and I […]
Neckloop Microphones and Hearing Clearly
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady wrote: I read with interest about the lady who had trouble hearing her own voice when using the neckloop with her cell phone. I, too, had that problem and had 3 of my programs on my Freedom CI switched to M/T mode. I don’t use the neckloop often but […]