Living with Hearing Difficulties

Living with Hearing Difficulties
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256
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9780470996133
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Новые поступления академической литературы издательства Wiley

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‘Living with Hearing Difficulties’ is a source–book for professionals who encounter and support individuals with hearing difficulties. It will also be of interest to people with hearing difficulties themselves and those close to them. The book highlights the concept of audiological enablementas being an interactive process requiring the active involvement of both clinician and patient. The thirteen chapters encompass four sections which broadly follow the categories of the World Health Organization’s ICF (2001): Section 1 addresses types of hearing disorders, the impairments they cause and also the process of help seeking. Section 2 deals with the effects of hearing impairment on communication and psychosocial functioning. Section 3 considers the individual in their environment; their family, work, and leisure. Section 4 elaborates on the process of enablement in a non–prescriptive manner. The authors approach the problems and needs...

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