Hearing Loss

by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. In my article, “Here’s How to Reduce Ear Pain When Flying“, I mentioned the Ear Ease. However, it needs to be filled with hot water. One reader responded, In today’s flight environment, obtaining hot water is not so easy. I have in the past used disposable hand warmers from an outdoor […]

by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady explained, I suffer from hearing loss and a feeling of blocked ears. When going on a plane last week, when the plane took off I went completely deaf and my hearing stayed that way the whole journey. After landing, it has taken over a day to get my hearing […]

by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. If you or your child experience ear pain when flying, here’s some things that can help ease the pain. First, a bit of background on why flying can cause ear pain in some people. Your middle ear is an air-filled cavity about the size of a pea situated right behind your […]

  by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. Hearing people typically have little or no clue what a hard of hearing person hears and doesn’t hear. That’s where hearing loss simulators come in. Hearing loss simulators give hearing people an inkling of what it is like to be hard of hearing. In fact, hearing people are often shocked […]

by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. Robert explained, I am 68 now, have tinnitus, a hearing loss of 20-40 dB in the lower frequencies and 70-80 dB in the higher frequencies. The Veterans Administration just denied my claim for hearing aid assistance on the basis that it is not military service related even though I was a […]

  by Neil Bauman, Ph.D.   From time to time people ask me whether they are eligible for Social Security Disability (SSD) because they now have a hearing loss. This most often occurs when someone has had normal hearing and then experiences a sudden hearing loss. Compared to before they lost their hearing, it now […]