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.
Tinnitus, or ringing in the ears, caused by loud noise exposure is clearly linked to hearing damage, she said. People with permanent ringing in the ears may be able to hear the same volumes of sound as before the damage, but often have trouble separating speech sounds out of a mix of noises.