A Quiet World : Living with Hearing Loss / / David G. Myers

• Autore: Myers David G.
• Pubblicazione: New Haven, CT : , : Yale University Press, , [2008]; ©2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (224 p.)
• Disciplina: 617.8
• Soggetto topico: Deafness; Hearing disorders; Hearing aids
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Adaptation -- 2. Relationships -- 3. Communication -- 4. Support -- 5. Aids and Advice -- 6. Understanding Hearing and Its Loss -- 7. Technology and Hearing Loss: Exciting Developments -- Epilogue -- Appendix Resources for the Hard of Hearing -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: A Quiet World
• ISBN: 1-281-72216-2; 9786611722166; 0-300-13028-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910777828503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II