HLAA Hearing Loss Magazine July/August 2010 - 3

Volume 31, Number 4

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FAMILY

8 I Am Simply Me By Jennifer Thorpe
From the discovery of a hearing loss at age four to having a family of her own— a husband and five kids—here’s how hearing loss affects the family dynamic.
COPING

14 Hearing Loss is Not Just About Me By Cathy Kooser
Everyone around the author is deeply impacted by her inability to hear. So, what does she do about it?
HEARING AIDS

17 Understanding and Managing a Severe Hearing Loss By Mark Ross
Hearing assistance is available for the person with a severe hearing loss, either through well-fitted hearing aids or a cochlear implant.
RELATIONSHIPS

20 Let’s Hear from the Families By Barbara Kelley
When one person in the family has a hearing loss, we all have a hearing loss. Read how two women cope with their husbands’ hearing loss.
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WORKPLACE

24 Employment and Equal Access: A Success Story By Lise Hamlin
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People with hearing loss often struggle on the job. Here is a story that will set precedent for many to come.
ASK THE EXPERTS

32 New Video Series on Hearing Loss
Don’t miss the new video series on hearing loss on www.monkeysee.com!
DENIAL

30 What’s On Your Mind? A Question for the Psychologist
By Michael A. Harvey
What do you do when your father is in denial about his hearing loss and your mother goes along with it?
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PERSONAL

38 My Dad, the Ford Man By Tom Hedstrom
Tom writes about his amazing dad—the 93-year-old who got a cochlear implant.
DEPARTMENTS

6 From the Executive Director’s Desk By Brenda Battat 23 26 28 34 Walking Onward and Upward! Hearing Loss Association of America Chapters HLAA Newsroom The Reading Room

COVER: Photograph of the Thorpe family by Cindy Dyer

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