"Our sense of hearing makes it easy to connect with the world and the people around us. The human system for processing sound is a biological marvel, an intricate assembly of delicate membranes, bones, receptor cells, and neurons. Yet many people take their ears for granted, abusing them with loud restaurants, rock concerts, and Q-tips. And then, eventually, most of us start to go deaf. Millions of Americans suffer from hearing loss. Faced with the...

A little girl relates how her hearing deficiency is detected and corrected with the use of a hearing aid.

Hear and Understand author Dr. Eric Frederick has one central message - you are in control of your hearing loss. Push past the anxiety, fear, and denial associated with hearing loss, and more importantly, how to overcome its obstacles. Turn the pages of Hear and Understand, and start turning the corner to a better you. Inside, you will gain the resources and knowledge to: overcome anxiety and shake off the fear of hearing loss ; act quickly to preserve...

Karen Foli couldn't understand why her young son wasn't speaking and had trouble interpreting simple phrases. Discarding the notion that her son was mentally retarded, Foli endeavored, ultimately gaining a great deal of understanding into the true nature of the problem: Auditory Processing Disorder.