His books include Transforming Womenâs Work: New England Lives in the Industrial Revolution (1994), Farm to Factory: Womenâs Letters, 1830â1860 (1981), and Women at Work: The Transformation of Work and Community in Lowell, Massachusetts, 1826â1860 (1979).
Things that cause hearing loss (and tinnitus) include loud noise, medications that damage the nerves in the ear (ototoxic drugs), impacted earwax, middle ear problems (such as infections and vascular tumors), and aging.
1 Exposure to loud noises can damage tiny sensory hair cells in the ear, triggering tinnitus, even if there is no hearing loss. 2  Tumors of the head and neck can also cause tinnitus.  Meniereâs Disease presents with symptoms of tinnitus, vertigo, and transient hearing loss in one ear.