Living Well with Hearing Loss A Guide for the Hearing Impaired and Their Families
Sunday, February 15th, 2009Living Well with Hearing Loss A Guide for the Hearing Impaired and Their Families
Explains how to spot the warning signs and deal with the psycho-emotional effects of this condition. Along with complete coverage of physical causes, it offers the hearing-impaired a wide range of corrective aids and preventive methods. Regarding friends and relatives, it provides important communication tips and insights including the latest discoveries in infants and children, social ramifications of hearing loss such as educational roadblocks and requirements. Also features consumer information on hearing devices plus the pros and cons of in-the-ear hearing aids. Contains a General Resource Guide and information on supportive organizations.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars A great reference!
I first read this book when my son was diagnosed with hearing loss. Here I found the information that I needed to understand his audiogram. There are many good suggestions for modifications in school. I have used several passages to help my son’s teachers learn about hearing loss. I refer to this book again and again. This book would be helpful for a hearing-impaired adult or for a family member of someone with hearing loss.
2 Stars Not worth the money
This book has very little information in it and leans more towards the touchy feely approach ie how are you going to deal with it, attitudes etc. Unfortunately what I wanted was more precise information on different causes of hearing loss as well as tests used to determine it (as I am going through this right now). I wanted to understand what the doctors were doing and why but this book was a waste of time.
4 Stars A Must Read for Hearing Impaired and their Familes
The author is concise and acurate with information on hearing loss and its ramifications on communication. The book deals in depth with psychosocial aspects of hearing loss and provides useful tips to ease communication friction between individuals with hearing loss and their families. As an individual with a hearing loss, I wish I would have read this years ago. However, as a graduate student in Audiology, the chapter on hearing aids is out of date. A second edition possible?
5 Stars An outstanding guide to hearing loss and its consequences
A hearing-impaired friend recommended this book to to me when my hearing was damaged, and I will be forever grateful. It explains not only how hearing loss occurs, but how it feels. It has helpful graphs that illustrate what people with various types of loss can and cannot hear, and offers excellent advice on coping. The book is concise, which I appreciate. This is not a windy treatise. Anyone who lives with or knows a hearing-impaired person would also greatly benefit from these insights.