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Hear & Beyond

Live Skillfully with Hearing Loss

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Hear & Beyond

Written by: Shari Eberts, Gael Hannan
Narrated by: Robin Siegerman
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Hearing loss doesn't come with an operating manual—until now. If you have hearing loss, you already know that the conventional approach to treatment is focused on hearing-aid technology. Without a handbook to help you figure out how to actually live with it, you've likely been getting by on information pieced together from various sources—and yet, communication often seems incomplete and unsatisfying.



What's missing from this hearing care model is the big picture—a real-life illustration of how hearing loss, its emotions, and its barriers affect every corner of your life. Now, hearing-health advocates, consultants, and speakers Shari Eberts and Gael Hannan offer a new skills-based approach to hearing loss that is centered not on hearing better, but on communicating better.



With honesty and humor, they share their own hearing loss journeys, and outline invaluable insights, strategies, and workarounds to help you engage with the world and be heard. You'll gain tips for navigating all areas impacted by hearing loss, including relationships, work, technology; strategies for adopting a new, empowering mindset towards your hearing loss; and communication behaviors that can make almost any listening situation manageable. Hearing loss is just one aspect of who you are. You may have hearing loss, but it doesn't have to have you.©2022 Shari Eberts and Gael Hannan Communication & Social Skills Personal Development Physical Illness & Disease Witty Physical Exercise Health Yoga
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Almost everyone either has hearing loss or knows someone who does. Both groups need a user manual. There are very few medical treatments for hearing loss, so it gets addressed with a mix of technology, self-advocacy, and a grab-bag of hacks for specific situations.

“Hear & Beyond” is a comprehensive guide to all of that. It is full of practical advice on every page. The authors speak from lived experience and write in a down-to-earth, informative, and engaging style.

While reading, I found myself thinking, "Wow! This chapter alone is worth the price of the book!" And then I thought the same about the next chapter, and the next one, …

The book is information-dense, but an easy read (and often quite funny!). I’m buying copies for friends and family.

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