Hear & beyond Live skillfully with hearing loss

Shari Eberts

Book - 2022

"Hearing loss doesn't come with an operating manual--until now. If you have hearing loss, you already know that the conventional approach to treatment is focused on hearing-aid technology. Without a handbook to help you figure out how to actually live with it, you've likely been getting by on information pieced together from various sources--and yet, communication often seems incomplete and unsatisfying. What's missing from this hearing care model is the big picture--a real-life illustration of how hearing loss, its emotions, and its barriers affect every corner of your life. Now, hearing-health advocates, consultants, and speakers Shari Eberts and Gael Hannan offer a new skills-based approach to hearing loss that is cen...tered not on hearing better, but on communicating better. With honesty and humor, they share their own hearing loss journeys, and outline invaluable insights, strategies, and workarounds to help you engage with the world and be heard. You'll gain tips for navigating all areas impacted by hearing loss, including relationships, work, technology; strategies for adopting a new, empowering mindset towards your hearing loss; and communication behaviors that can make almost any listening situation manageable. Informed by the lived experiences of thousands of people living with hearing loss, and corroborated by hearing science, technological advances, and modern hearing-care principles, Hear & Beyond offers a new way forward to greater connection and engagement--whether you're new to hearing loss or have been living with it for a long time. Hearing loss is just one aspect of who you are, among many others. You may have hearing loss, but it doesn't have to have you."--

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Published
Vancouver, British Columbia : Page Two 2022.
Language
English
Main Author
Shari Eberts (author)
Other Authors
Gael Hannan (author)
Physical Description
289 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-278) and index.
ISBN
9781774581605
  • Introduction: The Art of Living Skillfully with Hearing Loss
  • The Big Picture: Understanding the Journey
  • 1. The Journey Is Personal
  • 2. The Five Stages of the Journey
  • 3. When You Also Experience Tinnitus
  • Mindshifts: A New Approach to Hearing Loss
  • 4. Changing Your Mind
  • 5. The MindShifts
  • 6. How to Shift Your Mind
  • Technology: Plugging into Better Hearing
  • 7. Befriending Technology
  • 3. Devices from Hearing Care Professionals
  • 9. Direct-to-Consumer Devices
  • 10. Using Apps to Help You Hear
  • 11. External Accommodations
  • Communication Game Changers: Transforming the Conversation
  • 12. Don't Hide, Self-Identify!
  • 13. Speechreading Basics
  • 14. Advocating for Yourself
  • 15. No Bluffing!
  • 16. Adopting "HEAR"
  • 17. Communication Best Practices
  • 18. When Nothing Else Works
  • Relationships and Support Networks: Bringing Your People with You
  • 19. The Impact on Relationships
  • 20. Family Support
  • 21. Romantic Relationships
  • 22. Parenting Safely and Soundly
  • 23. Friends Will Stay, Friends Will Go
  • 24. Tapping the Power of Peers
  • 25. In the Workplace
  • 26. Choosing the Right HCP
  • Hearing Hacks: Putting It All Together
  • 27. Hacks for Every Occasion
  • 28. Social Events
  • 29. Entertainment
  • 30. Health Care
  • 31. On the Job
  • 32. Traveling
  • 33. Exercise Classes
  • 34. Outdoor Activities
  • Conclusion: The Journey Continues
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Index