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Living with Hearing Loss and Deafness

A Guide to Owning It and Loving It

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Living with Hearing Loss and Deafness

By: Samantha Baines
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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

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2023 Samantha Baines (P)2023 Headline Publishing Group Limited Education Physical Illness & Disease
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Critic reviews

This book is important. (Mark Atkinson, CEO of the Royal National Institute for Deaf People)
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)
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so helpful and inspiring. made me love my deafness. thank you. I would highly recommend this book to deaf and hearing people. x

so clearly spoken.

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In finally accepting my deafness when I had my hearing aids fitted in 2024, I had kidded myself in to thinking that I’d taken the whole experience in my stride with minimal fuss. However, I was wrong. Sam takes the listener on a journey through the practicalities and acceptance of deafness, things which have helped her cope, and many many delightfully funny stories along the way. I just automatically assumed, because so many people say that deafness is such an individual experience that I wouldn’t find parallels in the lives of other deaf people.

In a world where I have been slightly worried about letting my deafness define me, along comes this book to pick me up, dust me off, and send me out into this new world where I can hear crockery touching other crockery. And although it makes me want to gouge the remainder of my hearing out with a rusty spork, I feel like this book has helped prepare me for my life with hearing aids, and set my expectations of deafness at the best level for me to now move forward.

Thank you so much Sam; this book is a triumph in every way.

Exactly what I needed!

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Firstly i am a recently sudden deafness person and so it explained a lot of tge jssues thar before i had no idea about. Secondly i was not comfotable with the premise of acceptance and move happily along. i am still very angry about loosing part of my hearing and was not encouraged by the concept that its just another differnt phase of life. its not. its failing in my body the possibiliy of i was not aware. Thirdly my hearing didnt just fade away over time, it was sudden due to infectious illness that i lost 6 days over because i couldnt get a GP appointment, only to be told too late i should have gone straight to A and E as sudden loss of hearing is an EMERGENCY. Who knew? I didnt. Fourthly my expirience of NHS ENT departments and thier cousins definately wasnt as good as it seems it should be. I was shown how to change the battery but issues such as apps, cleaning, physical adjustment, audio tweaking adjustments and other options NHS or private has never been explained let alone trying to actually get an ausiology appointment. If you want to write a follow up on what happens regarding deafness in the ordinary world, then give me a call. I found none of as rosey as you say it is.

I hear what you are saying.

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informative and fun, entertainingly witty writing about deafness, the narration is brilliant, spoken with a energising yet relaxed tone.

Super stuff

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A really wonderful book!

This book was really informative and has helped me embrace my own deaf identity, after years of feeling that I’m not hearing enough for one world or deaf enough for another.

I feel like everyone who knows or works with deaf people should have read it as a ‘this is what it’s like’ guide, as many professionals don’t seem to ‘get it’.

Also I think this might be one of the first deaf friendly audiobooks as Samantha’s delivery was exceptional. clear and had fluency but a little bit slower to allow for processing time.

Thank you!

Delightful, splendid, and informative!!

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