Hearing loss is on the increase due to an ageing population, the use of personal listening devices, smoking, and poor cardiovascular health. This book explains types and degrees of hearing loss, treatments and therapies, and how to live with it. Topics include:
. The auditory system - anatomy and mechanisms of the ear.
. Conditions such as otosclerosis, Ménière's disease.
. Psychosocial aspects of hearing loss, eg anxiety and stress.
. Occupational implications.
. Treatments, including auditory training, hearing aids and hearing implants.
. Assistive listening devices.
. Adjusting and coping.
. The future, including stem cell treatments and otoprotectants.
. Helping other people with hearing loss.
Don McFerran is a consultant surgeon in ENT at Colchester Hospital University. Lucy Handscomb is director of the hearing therapy service at St Mary's Hospital, London. Cherilee Rutherford is a lecturer in auditory rehabilitation at UCL Ear Institute.
ISBN:
9781847092724
Binding:
Paperback
Pub. Date:
01/04/2015
Category:
Coping with illness & specific conditions
Imprint:
Pages:
128 page/s
Stock:
In stock
Price:
$18.99 AUD
Living with Hearing Loss
McFerran, Dr Don J and Handscomb, Lucy and Rutherford, Dr Cherilee
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