Hearing Loss For Dummies

ISBN-13: 9781119880578 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022

Frank Lin; Nicholas Reed

Spis treści

Introduction 1Part 1: Understanding Hearing Loss 5Chapter 1: Cheers to Your Ears! 7Chapter 2: Understanding How Hearing Works 19Chapter 3: Looking at Types of Hearing Loss and Minimizing Risk 33Chapter 4: Realizing What You Lose When You Can't Hear 49Part 2: Evaluating How You Hear 61Chapter 5: Recognizing Hearing Loss 63Chapter 6: Seeing a Hearing Loss Professional and Getting Tested 75Chapter 7: Making Sense of Your Hearing Test Results 91Part 3: Taking Charge of Your Hearing 107Chapter 8: Fine-Tuning Your Life to Hearing Loss 109Chapter 9: Looking at How Hearing Aids Work 123Chapter 10: Understanding Your Hearing Aid Options 135Chapter 11: You've Got Hearing Aids: Now What? 151Chapter 12: Technology That Boosts Hearing and Hearing Aids 167Chapter 13: Medical and Surgical Treatment of Hearing Loss 185Part 4: Supporting Hearing Needs 195Chapter 14: Helping Those with Hearing Loss 197Chapter 15: Paying for Hearing Care 207Chapter 16: Your Rights as Someone with Hearing Loss 217Part 5: The Part of Tens 227Chapter 17: Ten (Plus One) Considerations When Purchasing Hearing Aids 229Chapter 18: Ten Everyday Strategies to Hear Better 239Chapter 19: Ten Myths about Hearing Loss 245Index 251

O autorze

Frank R. Lin, MD, PhD, is the Director of the Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health.Nicholas S. Reed, AuD, is a clinical audiologist and an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University.