by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. If you’re like me and can’t hear much, I’m sure you’ll agree that it would be nice to have “eyes in the backs of our heads” to help compensate for our lack of hearing. God didn’t choose to give us this extra pair of eyes, but guess what? The latest research […]
Hearing Loss
Hearing Loss and Dementia—Should We Be Worried?
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. October 12, 2011 A recent study on the effects of hearing loss and dementia is scaring a lot of hard of hearing people. For example one recent article opened with, “Older people with hearing loss are at a much greater risk for developing dementia over time than those who can […]
Human Hair Cell Regeneration Clinical Trial Using Stem Cells Begins
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. Research into regenerating human hair cells in the inner ear, with the aim of restoring hearing, has been ongoing for a number of years. Researchers have been trying, with varying degrees of success, to get hair cells to regenerate in animals—but there are still many hurdles to overcome. Consequently, human trials […]
Watch Out! Cell Phone Use Can Damage Your Hearing
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. From time to time scientists have raised the question of cell (mobile) phone safety and how it may affect our brains since the antennas of cell phones are transmitting electromagnetic energy into our heads. In the past there have been concerns that cell phone usage may cause various kinds of brain […]
Service Animals Defined as Dogs Only
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) gave disabled people the right to bring their service animals with them into public places and on public transportation. Unfortunately, this soon became abused as it didn’t take long before people were defining various animals as their service animal—so there were “service” pigs, monkeys, birds, […]
Secondhand Smoke Harms Hearing
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. Smoking causes hearing loss in many smokers. That is nothing new. I have written about this for several years now. So maybe it shouldn’t come as a complete surprise that researchers have now discovered that breathing secondhand smoke also harms hearing in non-smokers. Researchers divided 3,307 people between the ages of […]