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.
Most of the time, it comes on gradually. In some people, the sound causes depression, anxiety or interferes with concentration. Tinnitus is not a disease but a symptom that can result from a number of underlying causes. One of the most common causes is noise-induced hearing loss.