Hearing Loss: From Stigma to Strategy

by Michael Simmons

Book Overview

Literally millions of people in Britain are affected by hearing loss, and the number is growing steadily. For many, it is a desperate situation, for others, an unwished-for challenge: to enter the world of hearing aids and gadgets, and to somehow come to terms with other people's jokes--blindness is never laughed at--and the need to adjust a muffled, or even silent, environment. Michael Simmons, a distinguished international journalist until his retirement...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0720612241
• ISBN13: 9780720612240
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Peter Owen Publishers
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.6"