by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. Most people know that if you have diabetes, you run the risk of microvascular complications that can affect the retina of your eyes and your peripheral nerves, especially in your feet. Diabetes can also damage your hearing. That is not new. What is new is just how many people with diabetes […]
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Seven Myths Hearing People Harbor Concerning Hard of Hearing People
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. Hearing loss is typically misunderstood by the general population. Thus, it is not surprising that many hearing people have bought into the following 7 myths regarding hearing loss and the people with these losses. Myth No. 1. Hard of hearing people are less intelligent than “hearing” people. Thus, they attach this […]
Sound Therapy: Is It For Real?
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man wrote: I was browsing on a website and want to know whether what it said about sound therapy is true. The website said that: ‘The Sound Therapy Program is a rehabilitation of the inner ear muscles, thanks to high frequencies. It can help in all ear disorders as: · […]
Lip Reader ~ A Novel About One Family’s Hearing Loss Journey
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. Shanna Groves, herself hard of hearing, and one of our HearingLossHelp eZine readers has just completed her first novel about a hard of hearing family. Here’s your chance to read this brand new novel. (She just finished the final chapter on December 24th!) You’ll find the first chapter grabs you, and […]
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 […]
Where Do the Dead Hair Cells Go?
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man asked: When the microscopic hair cells are damaged and break off in the cochlea, what happens to them? Are they harmlessly absorbed, or do they float around and impair the action of the remaining hair cells? Great question. Most people have the misconception that the tiny hairs “break off” […]