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• Title:Overcoming hearing aid fears : the road to better hearing / John M. Burkey.
  
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• Author/Creator:Burkey, John M., 1959-
  
• Published/Created:New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2003.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WV274 .B874 2003
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Hearing aids--Popular works.
  
• Medical Subjects: Hearing Aids--psychology--Popular Works.
  Hearing Impaired Persons--psychology--Popular Works.
  
• Description:ix, 175 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
  
• Summary:Annotation "An informative, easy-to-use guide that explains the faith & facts & dispels misconception about hearing aids."
  Annotation There are dozens of misconceptions about hearing aids: "They make you look old." "They cause ear infections." "They increase hearing loss." "I can't afford one." This misinformation impairs a person's quality of life by discouraging him or her from pursuing help. Technological advances have enabled hearing aids to address a greater range of hearing losses, while making them smaller, better designed, and easier to use than those of the past. More people than ever can benefit from a hearing aid, yet of the nearly thirty million people with a hearing impairment, only about 20 percent choose to use one. In Overcoming Hearing Aid Fears, audiologist John M. Burkey addresses common fears, concerns, and misconceptions about hearing aids to help readers decide whether these devices will prove helpful. Using an informal, anecdotal style informed by years of clinical practice, Burkey provides practical information about hearing aid styles, options, and costs. His expertise and experience in caring for more than 50,000,patients will assist people with hearing loss address their personal concerns. The book also helps friends and family understand why a loved one might resist getting a hearing aid, and offers tips on counseling. Audiologists will find this text an important educational tool in advising their own patients. Approximately 10 percent of Americans (and nearly one-third of people age seventy and older) have some degree of hearing loss that, if left untreated, causes frustration, isolation, and depression. A hearing aid is a simple tool to improve careers, relationships, and self-esteem, and to provide independence and security. Overcoming Hearing Aid Fears can help readers take that firststep to a better life.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-170) and index.
  
• ISBN:0813533090 (hbk.)
  0813533104 (pbk.)
  
• Contents:Medical observations on the normal, impaired, and aided ear
  Denial and acceptance of hearing loss
  Appearance and deeper concerns
  Fears and doubts
  Benefits for a hearing aid user
  Benefits for friends and family
  Hearing aids 101
  Cost
  Rejoining the hearing world.