by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady wrote: Strange things are happening now with my eyesight. I used to get a head-size black spot in front of one eye. Recently I got a large white one. On Sunday, when I took a bath, it had changed suddenly to a real face. I opened and closed my […]
Ear Problems
Stress and Anger Make Tinnitus Worse
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. This is the third of three tinnitus stories, illustrating different effective coping mechanisms used by each of these three people. No one thing works for everyone—so you have to see which coping strategies work the best for you in reducing your tinnitus. Here is “Sandra’s” story. She explained, My tinnitus is […]
Sudden Hearing Loss and Tinnitus
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. This is the second of three tinnitus stories. In contrast to “Jim’s” gradual drift into tinnitus, “Audrey” was suddenly plunged into it. Here is her story. I developed tinnitus very suddenly in 1993 when I was 38 years old. Before that day, I had excellent hearing and balance. I was in […]
Tinnitus and Tinnitus Maskers—One Person’s Story
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. In this and the following two blog entries are the tinnitus stories of three different people. (Each of them has graciously given me permission to share their stories in hopes of helping others. I have changed their names to protect their privacy.) Notice how each person’s tinnitus has a somewhat different […]
Sudden Hearing Loss And Strokes
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. The Washington Post (June 26, 2008) ran a piece entitled “Sudden Hearing Loss May Portend Stroke” The first three paragraphs read: Sudden hearing loss may foreshadow a stroke by as much as two years,” say Taiwanese researchers. The researchers analyzed five years of follow-up data on 1,423 patients hospitalized for an […]
Tinnitus—”The Sound of Hell”
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. For some people, the tinnitus they hear all day long—every day—makes it hard to cope with life. Eddy is one such person. Now totally deaf and almost blind, she writes, “The noises in my head almost drive me nuts. They change constantly. I know, that people could go nuts with what […]