by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A musician explained, I suddenly began experiencing a strange phenomenon with my hearing. I now hear music through my right ear at the correct pitch, while, at the same time, I hear the same music a semitone higher in my left ear. This is frustrating and scary. I can no longer […]
Ear Problems
The Sounds of Tinnitus
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady wrote, I have an acoustic neuroma (since 1992) and have profound hearing loss on one side but extremely sensitive hearing on the other side as well as bilateral tinnitus. I would love to be able to show people what tinnitus sounds like. Do you know of any videos/DVDs that […]
“Stop the Ringing”—What’s the Score on This Product?
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady explained, I just wanted to send you this link to see if you have seen this before and if it is anything worth looking into for my tinnitus. I’m very hesitant. I checked out this website. This website is basically a high-pressure sales website that is long on hype […]
Angels Singing, or Musical Ear Syndrome?
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 she was […]
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 […]
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 […]