A Quiet World: Living with Hearing Loss

David G. Myers

Published by Yale University Press 2008

A Quiet World

Living with Hearing Loss

David G. Myers

https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300130287

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About this book

Some 28 million people in America and 350 million people worldwide live with hearing loss. How do these people and their families cope? What are their experiences of pain, humor, and hope? What support do medicine and technology now offer them, and what is on the horizon? In this engaging and practical book, David Myers, who has himself suffered gradual hearing loss, explores the problems faced by the hard of hearing at home and at work and provides information on the new technology and groundbreaking surgical procedures that are available.

Drawing on both his own experiences and his expertise as a social psychologist, Myers recounts how he has coped with hearing loss and how he has incorporated technological aids into his life. The family and friends of the hard of hearing also face adjustments. Myers addresses their situation and provides advice for them on how best to alert loved ones to a hearing problem, persuade them to seek assistance, and encourage them to adjust to and use hearing aids.

Author / Editor information

David G. Myers is John Dirk Werkman Professor of Psychology at Hope College. His psychology textbooks are studied at nearly a thousand colleges and universities. He is the author of The American Paradox: Spiritual Hunger in an Age of Plenty, published by Yale University Press.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
1. Adaptation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Relationships Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
3. Communication Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
4. Support Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
5. Aids and Advice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
6. Understanding Hearing and Its Loss Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
7. Technology and Hearing Loss: Exciting Developments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
Epilogue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
Appendix Resources for the Hard of Hearing Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205

Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press
Pages
- Main content: 224
Illustrations
- Other: 6 b-w illus.

eBook

Published: October 1, 2008
ISBN: 9780300130287