Many people with hearing loss have been told there is no help for their problem, but that is not true. Although hearing loss can be a complicated problem, once diagnosed, it can often be corrected completely or nearly completely with medication or surgery. Individuals with hearing loss involving the inner ear and hearing nerve can benefit from medications, hearing aids, or assistive listening devices. Those with severe to profound hearing loss may benefit from implantation of an electrical stimulation device.
This book, written by physicians at the House Clinic in Los Angeles, foremost institute in the world dealing with hearing loss and ear disease, gives an overview of common and uncommon types of hearing loss, their causes, their symptoms, and perhaps most importantly, their treatments. It provides lots of hints for people with hearing loss and for their family and friends, and should also increase empathy for the serious problems caused by hearing loss as well as reassure hearing-impaired individuals about treatments in the twenty-first century.
