Understanding hearing loss

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This comprehensive and practical guide helps the reader to understand and meet the challenge of the problems caused by hearing loss.

Understanding Hearing Loss:
- Explains how the ear works
- Describes the nature causes of the various kinds of hearing loss and what both the doctor and the person concerned can do to help.
- Considers hearing aids and other devices, with a straight look at their limitations and at the kinds of aids for different conditions
- Includes an important chapter on Cochlear implants
- Explains lipreading, hearing tactics and auditory training
- Gives examples of audio metric test and how to interpret them
- Examines the implications for employment , hospitalization and family relationships caused by hearing loss.