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Improve your hearing, enhance your life

 

With new advice on just-released over-the-counter hearing aids

 

Hearing loss can be frustrating, but in fact it’s common and treatable. Hearing Loss For Dummies, written by top experts in the field in collaboration with AARP, walks you through how to get the help you need to clearly hear the sounds of life—whether you’re at home, at work, or out and about. And hearing health is critical: Hearing loss can increase your risk of falls and injuries, isolation and depression, and even cognitive decline and dementia.

 

Authors Frank Lin and Nicholas Reed at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine lay out the steps to hearing health:

 

Understanding how hearing works—and how it changes as we age

Finding specialists you can trust

Determining whether you need testing and, if so, where to turn

Learning practical solutions for hearing better at home, at work, on the phone, and in restaurants and theaters

Choosing the right hearing aid, including just-approved over-the-counter hearing aids, and getting them adjusted to work for you

Exploring the pros and cons of cochlear implants and other surgical options

Covering the costs of hearing health care

If you’re concerned about your own or a friend or relative’s hearing, this is the one book you’ll need. For what can seem like a complicated, stressful and lengthy process, Hearing Loss For Dummies tackles the topic head-on and provides you with expert guidance to put your mind at ease on the path to better hearing.

 

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- Icons Used in This Book -- Beyond the Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Part 1 Understanding Hearing Loss -- Chapter 1 Cheers to Your Ears! -- Understanding Why Hearing Loss Happens -- Hearing takes place over two steps -- Hearing loss happens as the inner ear wears out -- Factors that affect your hearing over time -- Putting Hearing Loss in Context -- Hearing loss happens to everyone -- How hearing loss impacts our health and well-being -- The benefits of addressing hearing loss -- What You Can Do about Hearing Loss -- Know your hearing -- Using communication strategies -- Hearing technologies -- Getting the Support You Need -- Chapter 2 Understanding How Hearing Works -- What Is Sound? -- How sound gets its sound -- What sound "looks" like -- To Hear, You Need Your Ear! -- External ear -- Middle ear -- Inner ear -- Hearing with Your Brain -- Two ears are better than one -- It's not just sound - "seeing" what you hear -- Context matters -- Pinpointing Where the System Can Break Down -- When sound quality is poor -- When the sound can't get in -- When the inner ear garbles the encoding of sound -- When the brain struggles to process sound -- Experiencing Trouble Hearing -- Chapter 3 Looking at Types of Hearing Loss and Minimizing Risk -- Discovering Why Hearing Gets Worse Over Time -- Knowing the Causes of Hearing Loss Over Time -- Biological aging processes -- Cardiovascular risk factors -- Genetics -- Minimizing Your Risk for Hearing Loss -- Noise exposure -- Keeping your ear heart-healthy -- Considering Other Conditions That Affect Hearing -- The almighty ear infection -- Earwax - ick! -- Diseases of the ear -- Medications -- Causing Tinnitus -- Tinnitus explained -- Tinnitus triggers.