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The complete idiot's guide to hearing loss : learn what you can do to improve your hearing / by House Clinic, edited by William M. Luxford, Jennifer Derebery, and Karen I. Berliner.

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Alpha Books/Penguin Group, c2010.

Hearing disorders.

Complete idiot's guide.

9781592579907 (pbk.)

1592579906 (pbk.)

Alternate title:

Guide to hearing loss : learn what you can do to improve your hearing

Hearing loss : learn what you can do to improve your hearing

xx, 348 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

This book is dedicated to Howard P. House, the founder of House Ear Institute, and to William F. House, the father of inner ear surgery.

"Written by the physicians at the House Clinic in Los Angeles"--P. [2] of cover.

Subtitle from cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 314) and index.

The basics. How the ear works and how we hear ; Do I have a hearing loss? -- External and middle ear hearing loss. External ear causes of hearing loss ; Problems of the eustachian tube ; Chronic infection in the middle ear ; Other middle ear hearing problems -- Inner ear hearing loss. Age-related hearing loss ; Hearing loss from noise exposure ; Sudden and drug-induced hearing loss ; Inner ear fluid imbalances ; Tumors of the temporal bone -- Other issues of hearing loss. Hearing loss due to allergies ; Tinnitus or head noise ; Hearing problems in children ; Treatment of hearing loss in children -- Help for hearing loss. Hearing aids and how they work ; Assistive listening devices ; Restoring hearing to the deaf ; Communicating effectively ; The impact of hearing loss.

Millions of people live with hearing loss or impairment. If you've been told there is no help for your partial hearing loss problems-- not true! Learn about the causes of hearing loss, and steps you can take to improve your hearing.

Luxford, William M.

Derebery, M. Jennifer.

Berliner, Karen I.

House Ear Institute.

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