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As an avid birder, I want to keep hearing birds. Unfortunately, I also have a life-long passion for music that tends to be too loud at times. Despite the tinnitus in my left ear, I can still hear high-pitched songbirds and can triangulate their positions. I would like to keep it that way. That is what led me to this book.
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Overall, I am very impressed with this book. If you, or someone you know (including infants) struggles with hearing impairment, this is the book for you.
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Overall, I am very impressed with this book. If you, or someone you know (including infants) struggles with hearing impairment, this is the book for you.
I first heard about “Volume Control” on NPR’s “Fresh Air.” It was one of my 15 pandemic checkouts in mid-March that took me a month a half to read because my brain just didn’t want to read, oddly.
The book is easy to read and provides lots of interesting information, as well as reminding all of us that one rarely regains hearing after it is lost despite scientific advances. It also goes into developmental challenges children run into if their hearing loss isn’t diagnosed at a very early age, as well as how the brain learns to get around hearing.
The book is easy to read and provides lots of interesting information, as well as reminding all of us that one rarely regains hearing after it is lost despite scientific advances. It also goes into developmental challenges children run into if their hearing loss isn’t diagnosed at a very early age, as well as how the brain learns to get around hearing.
My father found and told me about the book. His comment: "…our public library just got a book Volume Control: Hearing in a Deafening World by David Owen. It’s about loss of hearing and fixes such as hearing aids and up. It’s dull in spots but has some good stuff, too.There are some good laughs as well… I found it worthwhile."
I got it. It is surely a ‘New Yorker’ piece. Written at very general-reader level, with decent background research, entertaining writing, and encompassing a wide field around “ears”, including balance.
As a lifelong sound guy, some of his explanations seem shallow to me; but it is not a textbook (and I have seen shallow-stuff in audiology texts). The chapter Hearing Aids has a wonderful visit to Starkey and how they make earmolds, but hardly skims the whole subject.
But as a whole the book is a treasure-trove of hearing related information, with fresh insight into both deaf-history and promising new treatments. There are many comments on tinnitus which the author is troubled with.
Good read, fair price.
I got it. It is surely a ‘New Yorker’ piece. Written at very general-reader level, with decent background research, entertaining writing, and encompassing a wide field around “ears”, including balance.
As a lifelong sound guy, some of his explanations seem shallow to me; but it is not a textbook (and I have seen shallow-stuff in audiology texts). The chapter Hearing Aids has a wonderful visit to Starkey and how they make earmolds, but hardly skims the whole subject.
But as a whole the book is a treasure-trove of hearing related information, with fresh insight into both deaf-history and promising new treatments. There are many comments on tinnitus which the author is troubled with.
Good read, fair price.
This book had tons of information about hearing, and some great history on the Deaf community @ Martha's Vineyard and some deaf schools... but also in other parts I think this book could have used a sensitivity reader because some accidentally ableist things were definitely said. But overall I did find the book interesting and I learned a bunch.. and am now kinda low key obsessed with protecting my ears.
Fascinating, detailed look at hearing: how it works, how we break it, and how we can partly fix it. The book blends science and culture in an edifying way. Wear hearing protection, y’all!
A friend gave me this when he found out I have tinnitus. (Possibly a weird move, but I am sure he meant it as a gesture of empathy.) Glad he did. More thorough than I thought possible, and absolutely fascinating. Humans are so intricate. And fragile.
I got this from the library on a whim and was pleasantly surprised with how interesting this was. This was a wide-ranging and very informative work on the human ear, hearing in general, hearing loss, hearing aides technology, hearing aides and insurance coverage, advancements in surgery and everything in between. I will certainly wear ear protection in the future.
I found this book to be interesting and think that parts of it would be interesting even for those who have not experienced hearing loss. This isn't a self-help on what to do or how to cope if you have hearing loss. It's more of a look at how the ear works, what things can cause hearing loss, and what's available to help with the loss.
Very interesting book about hearing loss. Includes information about congenital deafness, acquired loss of hearing, tinnitus, and lots of good information about new developments in hearing aids.
I’ve never been as paranoid with the volume settings as I was in listening to this audiobook. Volume Control is all about our hearing covering the science of how we hear to the history of how humans have tried (and mostly failed) to protect their hearing, to current cutting edge advancements in assisting deaf and hard of hearing treatments & technology. It’s consistently interesting and has a lot of tidbits related to the topic. The author is rightfully concerned about hearing protection around power tools – luckily I have always had my trusty earplugs and even ear muffs on top when operating a router. Now I just have to remember to turn down the volume on my ear buds listening to audiobooks and podcasts as well.