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The Way I Hear It: A Life with Hearing Loss

by Gael Hannan

Everyday communication and life with hearing loss

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Everyday communication and life with hearing loss

Gael Hannan combines personal experience with practical strategies to explore how hearing loss intersects with relationships, parenting, education, work, and everyday activities such as dining out or going to the movies. The book also addresses hearing technology and communication with hearing-care professionals, alongside reflections and accounts from people Hannan encountered through workshops and conferences. Its memoir-and-guide format connects daily challenges with advice on communication and hearing health care, while drawing on hearing-loss research.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • People with hearing loss seeking practical communication strategies and personal perspectives.
  • Family members, friends, and professionals who support people with hearing loss.

Themes

Hearing loss in everyday lifeCommunication strategiesRelationships and familyHearing technology and health care

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Book overview

If you think hearing loss is just a condition of old age-think again.
In The Way I Hear It, Gael Hannan explodes one myth after another in a witty and insightful journey into life with hearing loss at every age. Blending personal stories with practical strategies, Gael shines a light onto a world of communication challenges: a marriage proposal without hearing aids in, pillow talk and other relationships, raising a child, going to the movies, dining out, ordering at the drive-thru, in the classroom, on the job and hearing technology.
Part memoir, part survival guide, The Way I Hear It offers tips for effective communication, poetic reflections, and heart-warming stories from people she has met in her workshops and at conferences throughout North America. Gael's humorous stories are backed by hearing loss research, and she offers advice on how to bridge the gap between consumer and professional in order to get the best possible hearing health care.
The Way I Hear It is a book for people with hearing loss-but also for their families, friends and the professionals who serve them. Gael Hannan shares not only the daily frustrations, but also a strong message of hope and optimism for living successfully with hearing loss.
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