by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady asked: I am forwarding this to ask your opinion. I don’t suffer with tinnitus but friends do and I would like to be able to recommend this product if it is something you might recommend. The ad reads: What is Tinnitus? Research shows almost 40 million adults suffer from […]
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More on Ototoxic Ear Wax Removal Products
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. An eZine reader in Australia wrote: “Thanks once again for the excellent newsletter. The subject of ototoxic earwax removal medications got me checking the products we have in Australia. One particular product which sells under the brand name here of “Cerumol” lists amongst it’s contents ortho-dichlorobenzene and para-dichlorobenzene. I note that […]
Web CapTel—Using Your Computer and ANY Phone to Make Captioned Calls
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. Captioned (CapTel) telephones have been around for a few years now. With these special phones, you can both hear the caller and read whatever you miss hearing on the small screen on the phone a few seconds after the caller has said it. The downside of this is that you need […]
Don’t Tell People “I am Hard of Hearing”—Instead, Say “Here’s How You Can Communicate With Me”
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A college student explained: Last semester, I was getting really depressed about how isolated socially I am in my graduate program. I tell my classmates I’m hearing impaired, but only one or two of them ever bother to talk to me before/during/after class. It got so bad, I started seeing a […]
Will My Tinnitus Ever Go Away?
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man wrote: I do not expose myself to high noise levels either in my occupation or leisure. I do not listen to iPods etc. However, 5 days ago after a night out, when leaving a bar with loud music, my hearing felt dull. While my hearing appears normal, I now […]
Large Vestibular Aqueduct Syndrome (LVAS)—Why Did It Just Show Up Now?
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady asked: To have Large Vestibular Aqueduct Syndrome (LVAS), both parents have to have the gene, right? And their parents before them have had to have the gene? I come from a big family, and no other relative has had a hearing issue. If it is inherited, I would think […]
Will Taking Levofloxacin Make My Tinnitus Worse?
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man explained: I have had tinnitus now for 6 years. It was brought on by an inner ear infection. However I have suffered very little or no noticeable hearing loss. My tinnitus has been chronic and constant, never stopping. It is a hissing, whistling sort of pitch. Usually it is […]
Hearing Loss Increasing in Mexico (and here too!)
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. Hearing loss among younger people is reaching alarming proportions. Here are some excerpts of a recent report out of Mexico showing the conditions there—and we here in the USA are probably not all that much different—at least in regards to excessive noise. The report begins: The excessive noise found in the […]
Are You a Hard of Hearing Musician?
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. If you are like many people, when you lose some/most/all of your hearing, one of the things you really miss is music. This is especially true if you are/were a musician, whether amateur or professional. Maybe you weren’t aware of it, but their is an organization especially for you called […]
Hearing Aids Are Not the Whole Answer, So Why Do We Act as if They Are?
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. Hearing loss is a complex issue. Thus, there is no single simple answer—so why do so many hearing health care professionals act as if hearing aids are the sole answer? Dr. Mark Ross, himself hard of hearing for as many years as I’ve been alive, is probably the foremost audiologist alive […]