- Hearing loss experience varies greatly depending on several factors including:
- Age of hearing loss
- Congenital deafness (born deaf)
- Early deafness (age 5-10)
- Deafness in adulthood (20s, 80s)
- Age of hearing restoration
- Quality of hearing before loss
- Examples of Books on Hearing Loss
- Missed Connections by Barbara Stenross (age-related hearing loss)
- Deafness by David Wright (became deaf at age 7)
- What’s That Pig Outdoors? by Henry Kisor (grew up deaf)
- Rebuilt by Michael Chorost (lost hearing in his 30s)
- Challenges of Writing about Hearing Loss from Signing Communities
- Sign language is a different language from English with its own grammar and vocabulary
- Learning English is difficult for those who grow up signing
- Books Offering Insights into the Signing Community
- Train Go Sorry by Leah Hager Cohen (experiences from a child of a deaf school director)
- A Loss for Words by Lou Ann Walker (hearing child of deaf parents)
- Conclusion
- The impact of hearing loss on an individual’s life varies greatly
- Age of hearing loss, context, and other factors all play a significant role
- Learning more about hearing loss is recommended