附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-170) and index.
Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Medical Observations on the Normal, Impaired, and Aided Ear; 2 Denial and Acceptance of Hearing Loss; 3 Appearance and Deeper Concerns; 4 Fears and Doubts; 5 Benefits for a Hearing Aid User; 6 Benefits for Friends and Family; 7 Hearing Aids 101; 8 Cost; 9 Rejoining the Hearing World; Glossary; References; Index.
摘要:Approximately 10 percent of Americans (and nearly one-third of people age seventy and older) have some degree of hearing loss that, if left untreated, causes frustration, isolation, and depression. A hearing aid is a simple tool to improve careers, relationships, and self-esteem, and to provide independence and security. Yet of the nearly thirty million people with a hearing impairment, only about 20 percent choose to use one. This is true despite the fact that technological advances have enabled hearing aids to address a greater range of hearing losses, while making them smaller, better desig.
