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.
People with tinnitus complain of noise in one or both ears, or a different sound in each ear. In either case, the noise can become louder or softer at different times of the day. And the louder the tinnitus, the more tense and irritable you become. Infection or injury are common causes of the problem. But it can also be a symptom of Meniereâs syndrome, a hearing disorder caused by fluid retention in the ear, which in turn can be caused by allergies. And tinnitus can be a direct result of allergy-triggered inflammation of tiny blood vessels inside the ear.