Living With Hearing Loss and Deafness: A guide to owning it and loving it
Samantha Baines
Apr 2023 · Headline Home · Narrated by Samantha Baines
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10 hr 40 min
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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
(P) 2023 Headline Publishing Group Ltd
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
About the author
Samantha Baines is an award-winning comedian, actress, broadcaster and author. She is deaf, wears a hearing aid and is proud to be an Ambassador for Royal National Institute for the Deaf. Her deaf activism includes TV and radio appearances, advising on campaigns, speaking to MPs at the House of Commons, raising money for deaf charities and fronting the RNID cinema subtitles campaign. Samantha has written two critically acclaimed children's books with deaf protagonists - Harriet Versus the Galaxy and The Night the Moon Went Out. She is a regular contributor on BBC radio and has written for publications including the Guardian, Time Out, Huffington Post, Stylist Magazine and the Telegraph. As an actress she has appeared in The Crown, Call the Midwife and Silent Witness, as well as hosting Magic Mike Live London in the West End.
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