deafness

This book includes information on the causes of hearing loss, a hearing examination, common ear conditions, medications that affect your hearing, treatment options for hearing loss, and communication aids to help you live independently.

Presents more than six hundred alphabetical, cross-referenced entries related to hearing loss and its physical and psychological effects; also includes fourteen appendices on such resources as organizations, devices, periodicals, and programs for children.

Discusses types of hearing losses and their causes, the effects of deafness on the individual, methods of learning speech and language, and alternative forms of communication.

Ketherine Bouton offers her own words on what life is like being deaf in one ear and losing her hearing in the other, presenting her research into what she is calling a deafness epidemic currently taking place in fifty million or more Americans due to many factors scientists and doctors do not yet fully understand.

Elizabeth Bonker cannot speak but she writes poetry that shines a light on the hidden inner world of autism.

The personal story of a boy born with profound hearing loss is accompanied by information about topics related to deafness.

Discusses the causes of deafness, the types of deafness that can be identified, the effects of deafness on people's lives, and the help that exists for the hearing impaired.

Provides ten tips designed to help people protect their hearing and explains the causes and treatments of hearing loss.

Presents a story about Abby, a fifth-grade girl who is deaf, and the disappointment she feels when her entire class is invited to a party except for her; and provides information about deafness, discussing how people hear, the causes of hearing loss, and the challenges it poses.

Explains what it is like to be deaf, its possible causes, and how speech reading, hearing aids, and sign language can help deaf people live full lives.