Overcoming Hearing Aid Fears: The Road to Better Hearing

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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 them from pursuing help. Technological advances have enabled hearing aids to address a greater range of hearing losses, while ...
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Overview

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 them 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 useful. 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 help 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 first step to a better life.

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Editorial Reviews

past president, American Academy of Audiology - David Fabry
This book will be very useful for hearing aid users and their families. It helps demystify many of the uncertainties surrounding the purchase of hearing aids, and is written in a highly readable style.
Library Journal
Ten percent of Americans are estimated to have some form of hearing loss; in those over age 70, the number is thought to be as high as one in three. Burkey (director, audiology & speech, Lippy Group for Ear, Nose, and Throat, Warren, OH) here seeks to address the misconceptions surrounding the use of hearing aids. Personal stories illustrate the ways people deny suffering from hearing loss and the toll this takes on the sufferer and his or her family and friends. Fears and doubts about hearing-aid performance and getting used to and caring for hearing aids are addressed. Burkey begins with the function of the normal ear, types of hearing loss, and what hearing aids can and cannot do. "Hearing Aids 101" describes different styles of aids; circuitry options; analog, digital, and programmable models; channels and bands; custom vs. noncustom, disposable, and personal amplifiers; directional microphones; telecoils, and remote controls. Costs (including insurance coverage), the role of a professional audiologist, and the selection of a manufacturer round out the information offered. This practical book fills a definite need and is recommended for most public libraries.-Jodith Janes, Cleveland Clinic Foundation Lib. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780813533100
  • Publisher: Rutgers University Press
  • Publication date: 8/15/2003
  • Pages: 192
  • Product dimensions: 5.50 (w) x 8.50 (h) x 0.44 (d)

Meet the Author

JOHN M. BURKEY is the director of audiology and speech at the Lippy Group for Ear, Nose, and Throat in Warren, Ohio. He is coauthor with his colleagues at the Lippy Group of Hearing Better: Understanding Your Hearing and Ear Care Options.
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction 1
1 Medical Observations on the Normal, Impaired, and Aided Ear 7
2 Denial and Acceptance of Hearing Loss 26
3 Appearance and Deeper Concerns 42
4 Fears and Doubts 53
5 Benefits for a Hearing Aid User 84
6 Benefits for Friends and Family 98
7 Hearing Aids 101 110
8 Cost 133
9 Rejoining the Hearing World 146
Glossary 161
References 169
Index 171
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