Tag: tinnitus

• If Only We Could See the Damage of Noise Exposure

  I was very honoured to have my article featured in Tinnitus Today, Spring 2022 issue. I discuss science from my 2021 papers published in Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, co-authored…

  

• Airhorn Noise Joke

  When my oldest child (now a young adult) arrived at work on April Fool’s Day this year, there was a noisy joke waiting for her. Co-workers rigged an air horn…

  

• Protecting Hearing for Life

  Written by Jan L. Mayes, MSc, Audiologist (Retired) This article was originally published in Communique, the Speech-Language Audiology Canada blog: https://blog.sac-oac.ca/protecting-hearing-for-life/ The theme of World Hearing Day 2022 is, “To…

  

• Personal Listening Systems are Likely Unsafe at Any Sound

  I was excited to have a second paper published in The Hearing Journal, co-authored with Dr. Daniel Fink of The Quiet Coalition. We’re trying to raise awareness about personal listening…

  

• The Danger in Headphones

  I was honoured to be included in the Hearing Health Foundation Summer 2021 Entertainment issue. My article is on the danger in headphones (and earbuds).  It includes tips on how…

  

• Too Loud Article in The Hearing Journal

  I was very excited to have an article published in The Hearing Journal. The title is Too loud: Noise exposure in everyday life is causing hearing loss. I co-authored this…

  

• Tinnitus Q & A

  I did my best to answer a hard question in the Summer 2021 issue of Tinnitus Today: Tinnitus can be unsettling, but it is seldom a sign of serious disease.…

  

• Unsafe at any Sound: Hearing Loss and Tinnitus in Personal Audio System Users

  This is the second of two papers I co-wrote with my colleague Dr. Daniel Fink of The Quiet Coalition. It was accepted in Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics and is…

  

• Too Loud: Nonoccupational Noise Exposure Causes Hearing Loss

  In July, my colleague Dr. Daniel Fink and I had two papers accepted for publication in Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics. Both papers are open access and free to share.…

  

• Personal Audio System Use Can Harm Audio Health

  Dr. Daniel Fink and I presented our talk titled Personal Audio System Use Can Harm Auditory Health at the 180th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. It was presentation…

  

• Finger Plugs Protect Hearing Health

  This International Noise Awareness Day 2021, ignore the images showing people clapping their hands over their ears to block out loud noise. This doesn’t lower sound levels. Hands are NOT…

  

• New Cover for Tinnitus Toolbox Hyperacusis Handbook

  I’m updating the Tinnitus Toolbox Hyperacusis Handbook ebook and paperback cover from a blue ear and swirl to a more stylized 3D darker cover by a professional graphic designer. This…

  

• Personal Listening Case Scenario in American Family Physician Journal

  I was honoured to co-author this case scenario with Dr. Daniel Fink of The Quiet Coalition. The clinical topic is on making recommendations to patients on how to lower personal…

  

• When Hearing Aids Don’t Work

  [Revised January 19, 2024. Originally published December 17, 2020 at silencity.com.] Many people with hearing difficulties delay getting help because they’re told hearing aids don’t work. But in my experience,…

  

• Build Your Own Hearing Protection Toolbox

  I was pleased to write an article and help answer reader questions for the American Tinnitus Association Winter 2020 issue of Tinnitus Today. This is an excellent issue full of…

  

• Neuromodulation is Not a New Tinnitus Treatment

  A recent Scientific American article covers tinnitus treatment research that isn’t new. The treatment described is neuromodulation or bimodal neuromodulation described in the Body Therapy chapter of Tinnitus Toolbox Hyperacusis…

  

• Fake Crowd Noise Poses Real Health Threat

  [Originally published at silencity.com] With coronavirus pandemic restrictions on fan attendance, NFL football teams have lost the stadium crowd noise once called a home field secret weapon by the Seattle…

  

• Safer Personal Listening

  With personal listening, it has never been easier to listen to music or audio content whenever and wherever people want. But…science shows personal listening is associated with permanent progressive hearing…

  

• MRI Testing with Tinnitus or Hyperacusis

  Doctors don’t make MRI referrals unless testing is important for a person’s healthcare. But MRI testing can cause hearing loss, tinnitus, or hyperacusis. In 2018, scientists found noise levels of…

  

• e-Cigarette or Vaping Risk to Hearing Health

  When vaping a few years ago triggered a severe flare up in my tinnitus and hyperacusis as well as worse hearing, I was very worried. In 2018, I set up…

  

• A Noise Control Cure for Preventable Tinnitus and Hyperacusis

  [Originally published at silencity.com] In a 2019 article titled “Why is there no cure for tinnitus?” the authors looked at whether studies had identified if participants have a history of…

  

• Social Hearing Protection

  Websites, media and other sources say use ear protection if you’re in damaging high level environmental noise whether that’s mowing the lawn, going to a concert or stadium event, or…

  

• Reasons Why There is No Tinnitus Cure Yet

  Everybody wants to know the answer: why is there no cure for tinnitus? So it’s not surprising this free open access study on the topic has been shared more than…

  

• Dream Machines

  I dream of a machine wired brain to brain they hear exactly what I hear I dream of a machine potato head inspired ears snap off new snap on rewired…

  

• Tinnitus Hyperacusis Awareness Facts

  [I have fibromyalgia and arthritis in my fingers. Typing hurts. I try to abbreviate tinnitus and/or hyperacusis/decreased sound tolerance. I’m not trying to offend by calling them hyper ears, especially…

  

• Study 421: Rotary

  Warning: This fiction story contains dark humour and violence. It is not appropriate for young or sensitive readers. “I can fix you,” muttered Doctor Bell. She struggled against the restraints.…