Adjustment to Adult Hearing Loss (Paperback)

Preface.? Acronyms and Abbreviations.??Part I: The Hearing Impaired Population? 1. The Demography of Hearing Loss Peter W. Ries? 2. The Social and Economic Condition of Older Adults: Current Status and Future Prospects George L. Maddox Jr.??Part II: Social and Psychological Effects of Hearing Loss? 3. Social and Psychological Effects of Hearing Loss in Adulthood: A Literature Review Kathryn P. Meadow-Orlans? 4. A Personal Account Jack Ashley? 5. Deafness in the Family Pauline K. Ashley??Part III: Adjustment to Hearing Loss? 6. Benefits and Limitations of Amplification and Speechreading for the Elderly Harriet Kaplan? 7. The Psychology of Hearing Loss Hilde S. Schlesinger? 8. Adjustment to Acquired Hearing Loss: A Working Model James G. Kyle, Lesley G. Jones and Peter L. Wood? 9. Adult Hearing Loss and the Family Herbert J.Oyer and E. Jane Oyer? 10. Developing SHHH, a Self-Help Organization Howard E. Stone??Part IV: Reviewing the Issues? 11. Psychosocial Aspects of Hearing Loss in Adulthood Laurel E. Glass? 12. Reflections on Adult Hearing Loss Harold Orlans.? Author Index.? Subject Index.