Carly Sygrove is a hearing loss coach, hearing health advocate, and writer with a background in education. She documents her experiences with sudden hearing loss on her blog, My Hearing Loss Story, and is the founder of the Sudden Hearing Loss Support website. Andrea Simonson is an educational audiologist in the Public School Partnerships Program of The Learning Center for the Deaf in Massachusetts. She has worked as a clinical audiologist in private practices and medical offices and as a research audiologist and adjunct professor at several universities. Caroline Norman is a counselor and psychotherapist in private practice who has experienced sudden hearing loss. She has worked within the National Health Service and as a clinical lead in an occupational health setting.
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Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Out of the Blue: Stories of Sudden Hearing Loss 2. What Is Happening? Background and Medical Appointments 3. Please Fix This! Early Treatment Protocols 4. Ears in Overdrive: Tinnitus and Hyperacusis 5. Stop Rocking the Boat! Balance Disorders 6. Is This My New Normal? Living with Newly Acquired Hearing Loss 7. Why Do I Feel This Way? Emotional Impacts of Sudden Hearing Loss 8. Embracing Technology: Hearing Aids and Cochlear Implants 9. Hope for the Future: Silver Linings and Advice Appendix. Support Resources Notes Bibliography Index