Description
Living with hearing loss and deafness is an often-overwhelming journey, and navigating this world can be challenging. Our featured book, 'Living With Hearing Loss and Deafness,' is the ultimate guide for individuals grappling with hearing impairment, their families, and friends. Written by Samantha Baines, who has firsthand experience, this enlightening and heartfelt book shares essential insights on navigating life with hearing loss or deafness. Through personal narratives, expert opinions, and the uplifting stories of other deaf individuals, the book focuses on building deaf awareness and fostering inclusivity.
This comprehensive resource covers a wide range of topics relevant to hearing loss and deafness, including:
- Understanding the first signs of hearing loss
- Insights on tinnitus and its impact
- What to expect during a hearing test
- Job security and its implications for those with hearing loss
- The distinction of being disabled and the resources available
- Essential information about hearing aids and their importance
- Navigating relationships and deaf dating
- The significance of lipreading and sign language
- The social etiquette of interacting with those who have hearing loss
Packed with wisdom, humour, and humanity, 'Living With Hearing Loss and Deafness' is an invaluable tool for raising awareness and understanding in our communities. It empowers readers not only to embrace their own experiences but also to support loved ones on their hearing journeys.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781035401505
Format: Trade paperback (UK)
Year: 2023
Publisher: Headline
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781035401505
Format: Trade paperback (UK)
Year: 2023
Publisher: Headline
Description:
'Highly informative, told with warmth and humour' - Adam Kay, author of This is Going to Hurt
'Heartfelt and hilarious - deaf awareness beautifully told through Sam's unique voice' - Laura Whitmore
'This book is important' - Mark Atkinson, CEO of the Royal National Institute for Deaf People
'Samantha is a strong and powerful woman who talks so openly about her life and about being a part of the deaf community. To have someone who wants to help and wants to make a difference is so important and Sam is that person.' - Gaby Roslin
This is an all-you-need-to-know book about hearing loss and deafness, including facts, experiences and words of wisdom from experts at the RNID, audiologists, deaf activists and people who use and teach sign language. Having been on her own deaf journey, Samantha Baines has met wonderful, interesting, courageous people of all ages who also happen to be deaf. In this book, alongside the experts, she weaves together their insights and advice and, importantly, teaches those of us who aren't deaf, what it is like for those who are. Along the way, she looks at:
* The first signs of hearing loss
* What is tinnitus?
* What to expect at a hearing test
* Will I lose my job?
* Am I disabled?
* What are hearing aids and why do you need them?
* Deaf dating
* Lipreading
* What is sign language?
* What not to say to someone with hearing loss
* And much more...
'This is the book I wish I could have bought when the audiologist told me I needed a hearing a
This comprehensive resource covers a wide range of topics relevant to hearing loss and deafness, including:
- Understanding the first signs of hearing loss
- Insights on tinnitus and its impact
- What to expect during a hearing test
- Job security and its implications for those with hearing loss
- The distinction of being disabled and the resources available
- Essential information about hearing aids and their importance
- Navigating relationships and deaf dating
- The significance of lipreading and sign language
- The social etiquette of interacting with those who have hearing loss
Packed with wisdom, humour, and humanity, 'Living With Hearing Loss and Deafness' is an invaluable tool for raising awareness and understanding in our communities. It empowers readers not only to embrace their own experiences but also to support loved ones on their hearing journeys.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781035401505
Format: Trade paperback (UK)
Year: 2023
Publisher: Headline
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781035401505
Format: Trade paperback (UK)
Year: 2023
Publisher: Headline
Description:
'Highly informative, told with warmth and humour' - Adam Kay, author of This is Going to Hurt
'Heartfelt and hilarious - deaf awareness beautifully told through Sam's unique voice' - Laura Whitmore
'This book is important' - Mark Atkinson, CEO of the Royal National Institute for Deaf People
'Samantha is a strong and powerful woman who talks so openly about her life and about being a part of the deaf community. To have someone who wants to help and wants to make a difference is so important and Sam is that person.' - Gaby Roslin
This is an all-you-need-to-know book about hearing loss and deafness, including facts, experiences and words of wisdom from experts at the RNID, audiologists, deaf activists and people who use and teach sign language. Having been on her own deaf journey, Samantha Baines has met wonderful, interesting, courageous people of all ages who also happen to be deaf. In this book, alongside the experts, she weaves together their insights and advice and, importantly, teaches those of us who aren't deaf, what it is like for those who are. Along the way, she looks at:
* The first signs of hearing loss
* What is tinnitus?
* What to expect at a hearing test
* Will I lose my job?
* Am I disabled?
* What are hearing aids and why do you need them?
* Deaf dating
* Lipreading
* What is sign language?
* What not to say to someone with hearing loss
* And much more...
'This is the book I wish I could have bought when the audiologist told me I needed a hearing a