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Improve your hearing, enhance your life
With new advice on just-released over-the-counter hearing aids
Hearing loss can be frustrating, but in fact it's common and treatable. Hearing Loss For Dummies, written by top experts in the field in collaboration with AARP, walks you through how to get the help you need to clearly hear the sounds of life--whether you're at home, at work, or out and about. And hearing health is critical: Hearing loss can increase your risk of falls and injuries, isolation and depression, and even cognitive decline and dementia.
Authors Frank Lin and Nicholas Reed at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine lay out the steps to hearing health:
* Understanding how hearing works--and how it changes as we age
* Finding specialists you can trust
* Determining whether you need testing and, if so, where to turn
* Using your Hearing Number(TM) to monitor how your hearing changes over time
* Learning practical solutions for hearing better at home, at work, on the phone, and in restaurants and theaters
* Choosing the right hearing aid, including just-approved over-the-counter hearing aids, and getting them adjusted to work for you
* Exploring the pros and cons of cochlear implants and other surgical options
* Covering the costs of hearing health care
If you're concerned about your own or a friend or relative's hearing, this is the one book you'll need. For what can seem like a complicated, stressful and lengthy process, Hearing Loss For Dummies tackles the topic head-on and provides you with expert guidance to put your mind at ease on the path to better hearing.
* (TM) Johns Hopkins University
Sommario
Introduction 1
Part 1: Understanding Hearing Loss 5
Chapter 1: Cheers to Your Ears! 7
Chapter 2: Understanding How Hearing Works 19
Chapter 3: Looking at Types of Hearing Loss and Minimizing Risk 33
Chapter 4: Realizing What You Lose When You Can't Hear 49
Part 2: Evaluating How You Hear 61
Chapter 5: Recognizing Hearing Loss 63
Chapter 6: Seeing a Hearing Loss Professional and Getting Tested 75
Chapter 7: Making Sense of Your Hearing Test Results 91
Part 3: Taking Charge of Your Hearing 107
Chapter 8: Fine-Tuning Your Life to Hearing Loss 109
Chapter 9: Looking at How Hearing Aids Work 123
Chapter 10: Understanding Your Hearing Aid Options 135
Chapter 11: You've Got Hearing Aids: Now What? 151
Chapter 12: Technology That Boosts Hearing and Hearing Aids 167
Chapter 13: Medical and Surgical Treatment of Hearing Loss 185
Part 4: Supporting Hearing Needs 195
Chapter 14: Helping Those with Hearing Loss 197
Chapter 15: Paying for Hearing Care 207
Chapter 16: Your Rights as Someone with Hearing Loss 217
Part 5: The Part of Tens 227
Chapter 17: Ten (Plus One) Considerations When Purchasing Hearing Aids 229
Chapter 18: Ten Everyday Strategies to Hear Better 239
Chapter 19: Ten Myths about Hearing Loss 245
Index 251
Info autore
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.
Riassunto
Improve your hearing, enhance your life
With new advice on just-released over-the-counter hearing aids
Hearing loss can be frustrating, but in fact it's common and treatable. Hearing Loss For Dummies, written by top experts in the field in collaboration with AARP, walks you through how to get the help you need to clearly hear the sounds of life--whether you're at home, at work, or out and about. And hearing health is critical: Hearing loss can increase your risk of falls and injuries, isolation and depression, and even cognitive decline and dementia.
Authors Frank Lin and Nicholas Reed at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine lay out the steps to hearing health:
* Understanding how hearing works--and how it changes as we age
* Finding specialists you can trust
* Determining whether you need testing and, if so, where to turn
* Using your Hearing Number(TM) to monitor how your hearing changes over time
* Learning practical solutions for hearing better at home, at work, on the phone, and in restaurants and theaters
* Choosing the right hearing aid, including just-approved over-the-counter hearing aids, and getting them adjusted to work for you
* Exploring the pros and cons of cochlear implants and other surgical options
* Covering the costs of hearing health care
If you're concerned about your own or a friend or relative's hearing, this is the one book you'll need. For what can seem like a complicated, stressful and lengthy process, Hearing Loss For Dummies tackles the topic head-on and provides you with expert guidance to put your mind at ease on the path to better hearing.
* (TM) Johns Hopkins University
