Sound Sense
eBook - PDF

Sound Sense

Living and Learning with Hearing Loss

  1. 248 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Sound Sense

Living and Learning with Hearing Loss

About this book

One out of every eight people between the ages of 18 and 67 in the United States has a hearing loss, estimated as 12 percent of the working-age population. Sound Sense: Living and Learning with Hearing Loss addresses the acute need of these people to function at the highest level in these income-earning years, the longest phase in their lives. In nine pointed chapters, author Sara Laufer Batinovich, who also has lost her hearing, shares her experience and knowledge in turning every challenge into an opportunity to become one's best self-advocate.

Batinovich begins in the workplace, advising on winning a job, keeping it, and developing a long-term career, plus how to reduce stress and establish fulfilling professional relationships with colleagues. She offers tips on communication ranging from having sales people face you for easier speechreading to parsing boarding announcements at airports and play-by-play at ballparks. Her practical handbook also provides step-by-step guidance for getting a hearing aid or a cochlear implant and finding one's way through prickly insurance claim mazes.

Sound Sense features information on finding a service dog, securing legally mandated accommodations for continuing education, tips on exercise and health, and even sensitive suggestions on strengthening personal relationships. Batinovich's vivacious style and her own anecdotes add an upbeat, genuine sensibility to her book's value as a positive guide to living with hearing loss.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. List of Figures
  3. Preface
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Introduction: A Silent Avalanche
  6. 1: Listen While You Work
  7. 2: Just Another Day in Auditory Paradise
  8. 3. Getting a Hearing Aid or a Cochlear Implant, Demystified
  9. 4: Sweat, Pump, Recharge, and Glow
  10. 5: To Your Health
  11. 6: When Silence Isn’t Golden
  12. 7: Going to the Dogs
  13. 8: Learning for a Lifetime
  14. 9: Relationships: The Ecstasy Without the Agony
  15. Conclusion: My Utopia
  16. Appendix A: Technical Notes on Data Sources
  17. Appendix B: Resources and Recommended Reading
  18. Notes
  19. Bibliography
  20. Index