by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. October 1, 2016 “Meniere’s disease is a stranger that one day suddenly invades your life—unwanted and unbidden to be sure—but there nevertheless. How you cope with this mysterious stranger is up to you.” Thus begins the preface to the fourth edition of my new book, “Say Good Bye to Meniere’s […]
Ménière’s Disease: Atlas Adjustments Alleviate Ménière’s Disease
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. Revised January 21, 2017 Introduction To most people in the medical community, Ménière’s disease is a mysterious condition—I say mysterious because although it has been known for more than 150 years, doctors still don’t know what Ménière’s disease really is. You see, unlike a typical disease where doctors can […]
Visual Triggers That Can Cause Balance Problems in People with Damaged Vestibular Systems
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. If your balance (vestibular) system has largely been destroyed by taking various ototoxic drugs, by viral attacks on your vestibular system, or from conditions such as Meniere’s disease, you typically have to work hard to keep your balance. However, certain movements, “busy” scenes and other situations can, without warning, […]
Intolerable Sounds and Meniere’s Disease
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady wrote, For about 5 years now I have been unable to tolerate 2 sounds (1) meat frying and (2) water running. They honestly absolutely drive me crazy. Until I was diagnosed with, and started learning about, Meniere’s disease, I thought it was due to schizophrenia even though […]
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 […]
Gentamicin Treatment for Meniere’s Disease—Here’s the Scoop
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady wrote: Dr. Timothy Hain has written an article about low-dose Gentamicin treatment. What do you have to say about this treatment? I respect Dr. Hain and his work, although, in my opinion, he is too conservative when it comes to the side effects of ototoxic drugs. By this […]
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 […]
Aldosterone—A New Treatment for Hearing Loss and Meniere’s Disease?
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. I get some very interesting email at times. A man wrote: I’m under the care of Dr. Jonathan Wright of the Tahoma Clinic in Renton WA. He’s been working with Professor Dennis Trune (U of OR Hearing Sciences Center) on an aldosterone therapy trial on a human patient. His previous research […]
Meniere’s Disease and Meniett Therapy
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. Meniere’s Disease is actually a syndrome (collection of symptoms) including a fluctuating hearing loss, vertigo, tinnitus and a feeling of fullness or pressure in the affected ear. Meniere’s Disease affects in excess of 2.6 million people in North America and Europe. For most people with Meniere’s, the vertigo is the most […]
Meniere’s Disease and LVAS—Is My Hearing Going to Get Worse?
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady asked: I was just diagnosed with bi-lateral LVAS [large vestibular aqueduct syndrome] AND Meniere’s disease, moderate- profound loss. Does the fact that I have both, increase my chances for further hearing loss? Can I expect my hearing to deteriorate further? I know no one can say for certain, I’d […]
Meniere’s Disease and Balance Problems
Meniere’s disease can, and does, cause balance problems, but you brain eventually trains itself to use your eyes and proprioceptive system to help you regain your balance.