Sometimes it’s nice to cuddle up on the couch with a blanket and a good book. Or if you have a Bluetooth® enabled hearing solution, you may choose to stream an audiobook directly into your hearing aids! Rithet’s Bog Trail, right across from the Broadmead Hearing Clinic, is perfect for strolling and listening to an audiobook!
Read about experiences with hearing loss
When you enter the world of hearing loss and hearing aids, it is reassuring to read about the experiences of those who have gone before you. We’ve curated a list of books that we’ve enjoyed and our clients have found helpful. Happy reading! We’d love to know what you think of the books when you finish.
Hear Your Life
By Melissa K. Rodriguez
A compilation of true stories about individuals with hearing loss and their corresponding pursuit of hearing aids. The collection of 26 short patient stories evoke a balanced mixture of inspiration and honesty as it relates to addressing hearing loss. The last 30 pages of the book serves as a resource section including information on how the ears work, an explanation of when hearing aids will work, and frequently asked questions (FAQs).
Shouting Won’t Help
By Katherine Bouton
A compelling story of the New York Times editor’s experience with progressive hearing loss. She describes her difficulties in work environments and speaks to doctors, Audiologists, Neurobiologists and other medical professionals and she weaves their stories with hers. An excellent read.
Living Better with Hearing Loss: A Guide to Health, Happiness, Love, Sex, Work, Friends…and Hearing Aids
By Katherine Bouton
This is a practical guide to daily life with hearing loss, covering topics from hearing tests and buying (and paying for) hearing aids, to deciding whether to get a cochlear implant, to navigating airports, job interviews, and first dates when you suffer from hearing loss. Useful and readable for those who have recently treated hearing loss, to people who have been struggling for years, and their families.
Reclaiming Your Confidence: Real Life Tips for Managing Hearing Loss at Work
By Debbie Lousberg
Many of our clients are active in their careers. When they first treat their hearing loss, they wonder what people will think. Will they treat me differently because I’m wearing hearing aids? This book contains positive reinforcement, useful information and confidence-boosting stories that reinforce that yes, there are others in the workplace with hearing loss who are producing, leading and thriving.
I Can Hear You Whisper
By Lydia Denworth
Denworth’s third son, Alex, was nearly two when he was identified with significant hearing loss that was likely to get worse. As she grappled with the complex collisions between the emerging field of brain plasticity, the possibilities of modern technology, and the changing culture of the deaf community, she gained a new appreciation of the exquisite relationship between sound, language, and learning. This book answers how sound sculpts our children’s brains and the life-changing consequences of that delicate process. A fascinating view of the science of sound and language.
This blog was updated from the original published on 01/20/2014.
We hope you enjoy these reads. If you have any questions that arise as you’re reading and you want to schedule an appointment with one of our professional Audiologists do so online or call us at the Broadmead Hearing Clinic: 250-479-2969 or Oak Bay Hearing Clinic: 250-479-2921.