Dr. Neil Bauman is a quack.
Interesting post @ajc, although I've never heard of Dr. Neil Bauman. Perhaps he's another one that's hoping to impress those that don't know better. Armed with a Ph.D and a trained hearing loss specialist, makes him think he's a tinnitus expert. If he doesn't have the condition then he's definitely a quack, because he'll have no knowledge of what it's like to live with it. I believe if one is going into practice to help people with tinnitus, they have to have it.
Six therapy sessions over 18 to 24 months is not enough. I have had the full TRT treatment twice. Wearing two white noise generators. The treatment lasted two years. I had regular counselling with my Hearing Therapist lasting a minimum of 1 hour, once every 2 weeks for around 4 months then extended to once a month.
I really hope the message gets across to him how useless and counterproductive he's been to the tinnitus community. It's all well and good people complain about it on here but I wish somehow people let him know themselves.
I read one of his interviews and the categories he puts certain tinnitus patients under and it just screams - wow, you really underestimate and undersell the suffering of those who have severe cases of this, don't you?
He's a narcissist. In an interview, he said that the only people that TRT doesn't work for are people who like the attention of being disabled or have financial interests to not get better, such as maintaining disability (which btw, is a joke since hyperacusis and tinnitus are impossible to get approved for).
Disgusting. If he walked even 2 steps in our shoes, he'd see that nobody wants to live this way. And what "attention" is he even on about? Other than being impossible to get disability, the whole world already laughs at us and treats us like lunatics. There is no "attention" to be received.
That's such an odd video. Like at the beginning, it's not really that bad, he's just talking about his approach to tinnitus in the 80s. Then it becomes insane very quickly when he suggests that the only people that TRT doesn't work for are basically people who don't want to get better. Like what?!?!
You have to remember these people don't care. Look at Agent Orange that was used in Vietnam. It was "safe" too. So many vets have died from it. None of these drugs are safe. However I would take anything that would help at this point. One reason being is I honestly don't care either. This noise has ruined my life.
What planet is he on where he thinks that people are living a life of luxury on disability payments?!
He also invokes a mega straw man and says that the person could be suing their employer for large sums of money. Who the hell thinks in that way? And let's say there was one nefarious person doing this. How does that possibly come up as a central talking point?
These people honestly make me sick - how delusional and arrogant do you have to be to believe that people enjoy being chronically ill.
I felt exactly the same way. There's no amount of money that I would trade in exchange for becoming a completely healthy 30 year old with zero chronic illness or hyperacusis.
Agreed. Money is nothing more than ink printed on special paper. Our health however is priceless.
It is fine to call my name @bobvann and I won't take offence as you have always been respectful towards me. I do not consider myself an expert in TRT but am experienced with the treatment as I have had it twice with good results. Each treatment lasted 2 years. I also counsel people with tinnitus periodically which is the most important part of TRT, although wearing the white noise generators is essential too for the treatment to be of benefit. This needs to be backed up with reinforcing positivity by the patient, as the treatment cannot do all the work.
Ok since you are willing to be respectful, I am as well. You may have noticed I have stayed away from forums for a while while engaging in TRT once again.
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