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"Being able to communicate is a cornerstone of healthy aging. People need to make themselves understood and to understand others to remain cognitively and socially engaged with families, friends, and other individuals. When they are unable to communicate, people with hearing impairments can become socially isolated, and social isolation can be an important driver of morbidity and mortality in older adults. Despite the critical importance of communication, many older adults have hearing loss that interferes with their social interactions and enjoyment of life. People may turn up the volume on their televisions or stereos, miss words in a conversation, go to fewer public places where it is difficult to hear, or worry about missing an alarm or notification. In other cases, hearing loss is much more severe, and people may retreat into a hard-to-reach shell. Yet fewer than one in seven older Americans with hearing loss use hearing aids, despite rapidly advancing technologies and innovative approaches to hearing health care. In addition, there may not be an adequate number of professionals trained to address the growing need for hearing health care for older adults. Further, Medicare does not cover routine hearing exams, hearing aids, or exams for fitting hearing aids, which can be prohibitively expensive for many older adults. Hearing Loss and Healthy Aging is the summary of a workshop convened by the Forum on Aging, Disability, and Independence in January 2014 on age-related hearing loss. Researchers, advocates, policy makers, entrepreneurs, regulators, and others discussed this pressing social and public health issue. This report examines the ways in which age-related hearing loss affects healthy aging, and how the spectrum of public and private stakeholders can work together to address hearing loss in older adults as a public health issue."--

Deafness --- Aging --- United States.

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The memoir 'The Deaf Girl' by Abigail Heringer chronicles her life as a profoundly deaf individual navigating through challenges and societal perceptions. Known for her appearance on 'The Bachelor' as its first deaf contestant, Abigail shares her journey from growing up feeling like an outsider to embracing her hearing loss as an integral part of her identity. With the support of her family, especially her sister Rachel, she learns to advocate for herself and redefine what it means to be 'the deaf girl.' This uplifting narrative explores themes of self-acceptance, resilience, and empowerment, offering inspiration to anyone who has felt marginalized or struggled with their differences. Abigail's story underscores the importance of finding one's voice and the strength in embracing one's uniqueness.

Deafness --- Self-acceptance

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"Hearing Loss: Causes, Prevention, and Treatment covers hearing loss, causes and prevention, treatments, and future directions in the field, also looking at the cognitive problems that can develop. To avoid the "silent epidemic" of hearing loss, it is necessary to promote early screening, use hearing protection, and change public attitudes toward noise. Successful treatments of hearing loss deal with restoring hearing sensitivity via hearing aids, including cochlear, brainstem, or midbrain implants. Both the technical aspects and effects on the quality of life of these devices are discussed. The integration of all aspects of hearing, hearing loss, prevention, and treatment make this a perfect one-volume course in audiology at the graduate student level. However, it is also a great reference for established audiologists, ear surgeons, neurologists, and pediatric and geriatric professionals"--Publisher's description.

Deafness. --- Neoplasms --- Hearing disorders. --- Deafness --- Hearing disorders --- Prevention. --- Treatment.

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Deafness. --- Deaf people. --- United States.

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Deafness. --- Hearing aids. --- Hearing disorders.