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Living With Hearing Loss and Deafness

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What to expect

A warm and down-to-earth exploration of hearing loss and deafness.

Featuring the author's own experiences of deafness, this audiobook is about how to understand, live and thrive with hearing loss - a humorous yet informative place to turn for the millions of people in the UK who have hearing loss or deafness. Including interviews with experts from the RNID, audiologists, deaf activists and people who use and teach sign language, as well as facts and anecdotes about:

* The first signs of hearing loss
* Tinnitus
* What to expect at a hearing test
* Will I lose my job?
* What are hearing aids and why do you need them
* Top fears about hearing aids
* Deaf dating
* Lipreading
* What is sign language?
* What not to say to someone with hearing loss
* Supportive charities and organisations

(P) 2023 Headline Publishing Group Ltd

Critics Review

Highly informative, told with warmth and humour.
Adam Kay
This book is important.
Mark Atkinson, former CEO of the Royal National Institute for Deaf People
Groundbreaking
RNID magazine
Heartfelt and hilarious - deaf awareness beautifully told through Sam's unique voice.
Laura Whitmore
Samantha is a strong and powerful woman who talks so openly about her life and about being a part of the deaf community. To have someone who wants to help and wants to make a difference is so important and Sam is that person.
Gaby Roslin
Hilarious and so informative . . . You'll want to cherish it and thrust it in the face of everyone you meet all at once.
Dr Hannah Barham-Brown
It's great to see Samantha being open about her deaf journey and her mission to improve deaf awareness. Living with hearing loss and deafness proves why we need to improve deaf representation and talk more about deafness in everyday life.
Signature (charity)
As a hearing person, this book answers loads of questions you might have wanted to ask about hearing loss and deafness but were too afraid to ask. And even more importantly, it'll give you the confidence and skills to ask loads more. I imagine someone facing a change in their hearing would find it hugely reassuring. It confronts everyday fears and anxieties with advice, anecdotes, options and plenty of humour.

Samantha has succeeded in writing a guidebook to deafness - a great read for anyone who is deaf or knows someone who's deaf and given that's 1 in 5 of the population, this is a book for everyone.
Lilian Greenwood MP
Samantha Baines is on a mission to help educate others.
Good Housekeeping
Sam makes a tough subject accessible, easy to understand and above all else funny. Reminding us all that disability is a bizarre hilarious experience. Sam feels like the sarcastic best friend you want in the drs office with you
Rachel Charlton-Dailey, disability rights journalist and founder of The Unwritten
Concise, clear and compassionate - Samantha Baines is a clever, compelling communicator and her new book Living With Hearing Loss & Deafness is a brilliant tool that will support & enlighten many.
Deborah Frances White
If you love, live or work with someone with hearing loss (and that's all of us) you need this book. It's funny, practical and moving - a handbook for humanity and inclusion.
Rt Hon Jacqui Smith
Author Samantha Baines
Narrator Samantha Baines
Duration 10 hours and 40 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781035401499
Format Audiobook
Publisher Headline
Genre Biography and non-fiction prose, Coping with physical impairments / disability, Disability: social aspects
Availability AU, GB, IE

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