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Neuilly-sur-Seine is a French commune just west of Paris, in the department of Hauts-de-Seine. A suburb of Paris, Neuilly is immediately adjacent to the city and is composed of mostly wealthy, select residential neighborhoods. For centuries it has been the wealthiest and most expensive suburb of Paris, often recognized as one of the safest and most child-friendly of all Parisian

As told by the Eye Witness to History (1998), by 1890 the once proud Sioux Indians found their free-roaming life destroyed, the buffalo gone, themselves confined to reservations dependent on Indian Agents for their existence. In the late 19th century, the job title of Indian agent was to attempt to civilize Indians by assimilating them into American culture. Despite the

All of a sudden there is lots of talk and ads by audiologists about tinnitus on television and in the mailbox, where did that come from?  Audiology is highly competitive these days and in the 2019 US marketplace the treatment of hearing loss alone is no longer a lucrative business in many areas.  As the competitive climate for new patients

The second most popular post of 2018 dealt with the 110 Hz phenomenon.  An interesting concept with lots of international historic implications.  It is presented here in its entirety as the first post of 2019. —————————————————————————— An old Soap Lake High School (Soap Lake, Washington) buddy, Mike McNamara had just watched a History Channel episode on the 110 Hz phenomena.

The most popular blog at Hearing International this year was Meniere’s Disease on the Moon, first published May 15, 2018.  It was our pleasure to tell the story of a true American Hero, Astronaut Allen Shepard.  A man with true guts to go into Space with Meniere’s Disease.  This Holiday Season let us remember all of our heroes in various

This segment of Hearing International could almost be called Hearing Interplanetary as it relates to the sounds of Mars.  Recently, the multinational project called InSight Lander found its way to Mars to study the make up of the planet. Early Experiences with Mars in America Some of the earliest sounds of Mars heard by an American audience was on the

While most audiologists realize that exposure to power tool noise while wood working can be hazardous to your hearing, there are still others that are not convinced.  Often they feel that they have been exposed to noise for such a long time more exposure it will not make much difference.  Since there is already a hearing loss so….“So what, a

Last week, we delved into the fascinating history of the July 20, 1944 Valkyrie plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler. However, one question has perplexed historians and experts for nearly 70 years: How did Hitler survive a blast from a kilogram of plastic explosive when he was only 6-12 feet away from the bomb?  While history will never know the extent

This series of posts at looks at Hitler’s hearing impairment.  This is the second posting in this series and it is certainly not a tribute, but an interesting discussion of a hearing loss that was accumulated over a lifetime by an historical figure. This series is a re-visit of a topic that was first discussed at Hearing International August 27-September

One of my first encounters with patients that had voices in their head was as a young audiologist running subjects in a biofeedback study.  At the time, we were looking at the therapeutical benefits of biofeedback for tinnitus patients. One of our perspective subjects, a 92 year old woman, reported that her tinnitus was hearing voices. Of course, with the