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Hear & Beyond: Live Skillfully with Hearing Loss

by Shari Eberts, Gael Hannan ...

Hearing loss doesn't come with an operating manual—until now.If you have hearing loss, you already know that the conventional approach to treatment is focused on hearing-aid technology. Without a handbook to help you figure out how to actually live with it, you've likely been getting by on information pieced together from various sources—and yet, communication often seems incomplete and ... Read more

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Hearing loss doesn't come with an operating manual—until now.If you have hearing loss, you already know that the conventional approach to treatment is focused on hearing-aid technology. Without a handbook to help you figure out how to actually live with it, you've likely been getting by on information pieced together from various sources—and yet, communication often seems incomplete and
... Read more
The Voice Book for Trans and Non-Binary People

A Practical Guide to Creating and Sustaining Authentic Voice and Communication

by Matthew Mills, Gillie Stoneham ...

Written by two specialist speech and language therapists, this book explains how voice and communication therapy can help transgender and non-binary people to find their authentic voice. It gives a thorough account of the process, from understanding the vocal mechanism through to assimilating new vocal skills and new vocal identity into everyday situations, and includes exercises to change pitch, ... Read more

$19.88 USD

Written by two specialist speech and language therapists, this book explains how voice and communication therapy can help transgender and non-binary people to find their authentic voice. It gives a thorough account of the process, from understanding the vocal mechanism through to assimilating new vocal skills and new vocal identity into everyday situations, and includes exercises to change pitch,
... Read more
Baby Signing Essentials

Easy Sign Language for Every Age and Stage

by Nancy Cadjan ...

Easy baby sign language for every age and stage!From the author of the award-winning Baby Signing 1-2-3 and the creator of the bestselling Sign Babies ASL Flash Cards, comes the simple and comprehensive resource you've been looking for to help you and your baby learn sign language and have fun doing it!Using trusted American Sign Language (ASL), Baby Signing Essentials is the perfect resource for ... Read more

$4.49 USD

Easy baby sign language for every age and stage!From the author of the award-winning Baby Signing 1-2-3 and the creator of the bestselling Sign Babies ASL Flash Cards, comes the simple and comprehensive resource you've been looking for to help you and your baby learn sign language and have fun doing it!Using trusted American Sign Language (ASL), Baby Signing Essentials is the perfect resource for
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Anatomy of the Voice

An Illustrated Guide for Singers, Vocal Coaches, and Speech Therapists

by Theodore Dimon Jr ...

The first comprehensive, fully-illustrated approach to the voice that explains the anatomy and mechanics in detailed yet down-to-earth terms, for voice users and professionals of all kindsThis book is the first to explain, in clear and concise language, the anatomy and mechanics of the mysterious and complex bodily system we call the voice. Beautifully illustrated with more than 100 detailed ... Read more

$13.99 USD

The first comprehensive, fully-illustrated approach to the voice that explains the anatomy and mechanics in detailed yet down-to-earth terms, for voice users and professionals of all kindsThis book is the first to explain, in clear and concise language, the anatomy and mechanics of the mysterious and complex bodily system we call the voice. Beautifully illustrated with more than 100 detailed
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Volume Control

Hearing in a Deafening World

by David Owen ...

The surprising science of hearing and the remarkable technologies that can help us hear betterOur 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 ... Read more

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The surprising science of hearing and the remarkable technologies that can help us hear betterOur 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
... Read more
Sound

A Memoir of Hearing Lost and Found

by Bella Bathurst ...

"A moving and fascinating book about sound and what it means to be human" from the Somerset Maugham Award–winning author of The Lighthouse Stevensons ( Financial Times).In this surprising and moving book, award-winning writer Bella Bathurst shares the extraordinary true story of how she lost her hearing and eventually regained it and what she learned from her twelve years of deafness. Diving into ... Read more

$11.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

"A moving and fascinating book about sound and what it means to be human" from the Somerset Maugham Award–winning author of The Lighthouse Stevensons ( Financial Times).In this surprising and moving book, award-winning writer Bella Bathurst shares the extraordinary true story of how she lost her hearing and eventually regained it and what she learned from her twelve years of deafness. Diving into
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The Teaching of Talking

Learn to Do Expert Speech Therapy at Home with Children and Adults

by Mark A. Ittleman ...

In this guide, a speech pathologist teaches readers the methods implemented to improve talking in others, so if need be, they can do therapy on their own.People with speaking difficulties are at the mercy of insurance companies who are determining how often and for how long speech therapy services should be delivered. It is also a disturbing reality that the likelihood for therapy frequency and ... Read more

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In this guide, a speech pathologist teaches readers the methods implemented to improve talking in others, so if need be, they can do therapy on their own.People with speaking difficulties are at the mercy of insurance companies who are determining how often and for how long speech therapy services should be delivered. It is also a disturbing reality that the likelihood for therapy frequency and
... Read more
How To Choose Types Of Diets

The best guide on types of healthy and losing weight diets

by Luis Bryan ...

With thousands of diet books on the market to choose from, how does any sane person ever know which one is right for them?What makes one diet perfect for one person may be a terrible fit for another. Often it is not that you ‘failed’ yet again on a diet, but the truth is that the menu may have failed you.Weight loss is a $30 billion a year industry, with everything from fad diets to magic pills to ... Read more

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With thousands of diet books on the market to choose from, how does any sane person ever know which one is right for them?What makes one diet perfect for one person may be a terrible fit for another. Often it is not that you ‘failed’ yet again on a diet, but the truth is that the menu may have failed you.Weight loss is a $30 billion a year industry, with everything from fad diets to magic pills to
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你都沒在聽：科技讓交談愈來愈容易，人卻愈來愈不會聆聽。聆聽不但給別人慰藉，也給自己出路

You’re Not Listening: What You’re Missing and Why it Matters

Translated by 謝佩妏 ...

by 凱特．墨菲, Kate Murphy ...

Series series SMILE
●以幽默的筆調，結合心理、腦科學、溝通與社會觀察，點出當代生活缺乏聆聽的嚴重性，堪比蘇珊‧坎恩《安靜，就是力量》進階版。●剖析「發聲－聆聽」的雙向機制，讓讀者重新認識聆聽行為背後的理論、真實情境，進而自我調整，提高認知的敏銳度。傾聽不只是保持沉默，主動傾聽才是溝通的王道。聆聽才是溝通的王道但為什麼我們失去了聆聽的能力？在工作場合上，主導對話才能出頭。在社群媒體上，敘述力決定個人魅力。交際應酬時，人人都在搶話說。政治人物也一樣。我們從不好好聽人說話。也沒人好好聽我們說話。真正的聆聽表現在你如何回應──你是否正確理解對... ... Read more

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●以幽默的筆調，結合心理、腦科學、溝通與社會觀察，點出當代生活缺乏聆聽的嚴重性，堪比蘇珊‧坎恩《安靜，就是力量》進階版。●剖析「發聲－聆聽」的雙向機制，讓讀者重新認識聆聽行為背後的理論、真實情境，進而自我調整，提高認知的敏銳度。傾聽不只是保持沉默，主動傾聽才是溝通的王道。聆聽才是溝通的王道但為什麼我們失去了聆聽的能力？在工作場合上，主導對話才能出頭。在社群媒體上，敘述力決定個人魅力。交際應酬時，人人都在搶話說。政治人物也一樣。我們從不好好聽人說話。也沒人好好聽我們說話。真正的聆聽表現在你如何回應──你是否正確理解對...
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Song Without Words

Discovering My Deafness Halfway through Life

by Gerald Shea ...

Series series Merloyd Lawrence Novels
A "fascinating memoir" of living with partial deafness that offers new insight into the nature of language ( Booklist).Much has been written about the profoundly deaf, but the lives of the nearly thirty million partially deaf people in the United States today remain hidden. Song without Words tells the astonishing story of a man who, at the age of thirty-four, discovered that he had been unable to ... Read more

$16.91 USD

A "fascinating memoir" of living with partial deafness that offers new insight into the nature of language ( Booklist).Much has been written about the profoundly deaf, but the lives of the nearly thirty million partially deaf people in the United States today remain hidden. Song without Words tells the astonishing story of a man who, at the age of thirty-four, discovered that he had been unable to
... Read more
Tinnitus Treatment Toolbox

A Guide for People with Ear Noise

by J. L. Mayes ...

Written by a clinical audiologist with over 20 years experience, Tinnitus Treatment Toolbox is a great resource for people with tinnitus (ear noise). The author also has tinnitus, and has used treatment tools to go from severe tinnitus distress to coping well. Many people with tinnitus also have hearing loss or sound sensitivity (hyperacusis). Tinnitus Treatment Toolbox describes a wide range of ... Read more

$1.79 USD

Written by a clinical audiologist with over 20 years experience, Tinnitus Treatment Toolbox is a great resource for people with tinnitus (ear noise). The author also has tinnitus, and has used treatment tools to go from severe tinnitus distress to coping well. Many people with tinnitus also have hearing loss or sound sensitivity (hyperacusis). Tinnitus Treatment Toolbox describes a wide range of
... Read more
If a Tree Falls

A Family's Quest to Hear and Be Heard

by Jennifer Rosner ...

A revealing memoir of a family and a "wrenching journey into deafness from the standpoint of a mother, a wife, a daughter, a philosopher, and a Jew" (Ilan Stavans, author of On Borrowed Words: A Memoir of Language).When her daughters were born deaf, Jennifer Rosner was stunned. Then she discovered a hidden history of deafness in her family, going back generations to the Jewish enclaves of Eastern ... Read more

$11.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

A revealing memoir of a family and a "wrenching journey into deafness from the standpoint of a mother, a wife, a daughter, a philosopher, and a Jew" (Ilan Stavans, author of On Borrowed Words: A Memoir of Language).When her daughters were born deaf, Jennifer Rosner was stunned. Then she discovered a hidden history of deafness in her family, going back generations to the Jewish enclaves of Eastern
... Read more
Mrs. Moo! Animal: Sounds Book for Kids (Preschool - Grade 4)

Early Learning Books K-12

by Speedy Publishing LLC ...

Series Book 12 - Baby & Toddler Sense & Sensation Books
Mrs. Moo has come to play with you! This engaging book features animals in bold and vibrant colors. They're easy to identify and they teach you how they sound like too! Teaching children animal sounds greatly help in pronunciation. It is also a necessary exercise in preparation for learning how to read. Secure a copy today! ... Read more

$4.49 USD

Mrs. Moo has come to play with you! This engaging book features animals in bold and vibrant colors. They're easy to identify and they teach you how they sound like too! Teaching children animal sounds greatly help in pronunciation. It is also a necessary exercise in preparation for learning how to read. Secure a copy today!
... Read more
The Ear Book

A Complete Guide to Ear Disorders and Health

by Thomas J. Balkany, Kevin D. Brown ...

Series series A Johns Hopkins Press Health
"Everything you ever wanted to know about ears from two outstanding physician scientists. I loved this book!" —Donna Shalala, Former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesIn The Ear Book, Drs. Thomas J. Balkany and Kevin D. Brown, recognized experts on ears and hearing, explain how the anatomy of the ear facilitates hearing and balance and then examine the causes, symptoms, and treatment of ... Read more

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"Everything you ever wanted to know about ears from two outstanding physician scientists. I loved this book!" —Donna Shalala, Former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesIn The Ear Book, Drs. Thomas J. Balkany and Kevin D. Brown, recognized experts on ears and hearing, explain how the anatomy of the ear facilitates hearing and balance and then examine the causes, symptoms, and treatment of
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Sound Medicine

How to Use the Ancient Science of Sound to Heal the Body and Mind

by Kulreet Chaudhary, M.D. ...

From a leading neurologist, neuroscientist and practitioner of Ayurvedic medicine, comes a rigorous scientific investigation of the healing power of sound, showing readers how they can use it to improve their mental and physical wellbeing.Why does a baby’s cry instantaneously flood a mother’s body with a myriad of stress hormones? How can a song on the radio stir up powerful emotions, from joy to ... Read more

$10.99 USD

From a leading neurologist, neuroscientist and practitioner of Ayurvedic medicine, comes a rigorous scientific investigation of the healing power of sound, showing readers how they can use it to improve their mental and physical wellbeing.Why does a baby’s cry instantaneously flood a mother’s body with a myriad of stress hormones? How can a song on the radio stir up powerful emotions, from joy to
... Read more
Shouting Won't Help

Why I—and 50 Million Other Americans—Can't Hear You

by Katherine Bouton ...

For twenty-two years, Katherine Bouton had a secret that grew harder to keep every day. An editor at The New York Times, at daily editorial meetings she couldn't hear what her colleagues were saying. She had gone profoundly deaf in her left ear; her right was getting worse. As she once put it, she was "the kind of person who might have used an ear trumpet in the nineteenth century."Audiologists ... Read more

$16.19 USD

For twenty-two years, Katherine Bouton had a secret that grew harder to keep every day. An editor at The New York Times, at daily editorial meetings she couldn't hear what her colleagues were saying. She had gone profoundly deaf in her left ear; her right was getting worse. As she once put it, she was "the kind of person who might have used an ear trumpet in the nineteenth century."Audiologists
... Read more
I Can Hear You Whisper

An Intimate Journey through the Science of Sound and Language

by Lydia Denworth ...

“A skilled science translator, Denworth makes decibels, teslas and brain plasticity understandable to all.”—Washington PostLydia Denworth’s third son, Alex, was nearly two when he was identified with significant hearing loss that was likely to get worse. Denworth knew the importance of enrichment to the developing brain but had never contemplated the opposite: deprivation. How would a child’s ... Read more

$5.99 USD

“A skilled science translator, Denworth makes decibels, teslas and brain plasticity understandable to all.”—Washington PostLydia Denworth’s third son, Alex, was nearly two when he was identified with significant hearing loss that was likely to get worse. Denworth knew the importance of enrichment to the developing brain but had never contemplated the opposite: deprivation. How would a child’s
... Read more
Unspeakable

The Things We Cannot Say

by Harriet Shawcross ...

'Compassionate' Guardian'Extremely affecting' ScotsmanAs a teenager, Harriet Shawcross stopped speaking at school for almost a year. As an adult, she became fascinated by the limits of language.From the inexpressible trauma of trench warfare and the aftermath of natural disaster to the taboo of coming out, Harriet examines all the ways in which words scare us. She studies wartime poet George Oppen ... Read more

$9.62 USD

'Compassionate' Guardian'Extremely affecting' ScotsmanAs a teenager, Harriet Shawcross stopped speaking at school for almost a year. As an adult, she became fascinated by the limits of language.From the inexpressible trauma of trench warfare and the aftermath of natural disaster to the taboo of coming out, Harriet examines all the ways in which words scare us. She studies wartime poet George Oppen
... Read more
Tinnitus STOP! - The Complete Guide On Ringing In The Ears, Natural Tinnitus Remedies, And A Holistic System For Permanent Tinnitus Relief

by Annette P. Price ...

Are you suffering from ringing in the ears, or a medical term called Tinnitus? Do you know the causes of the ringing sound? Are you desperately needing to know how to stop it? Tinnitus in itself is not a disease; rather it is a symptom of an underlying condition and will often require extensive testing to locate the source of discomfort. In some instances, simple lifestyle changes can minimize the ... Read more

$2.69 USD

Are you suffering from ringing in the ears, or a medical term called Tinnitus? Do you know the causes of the ringing sound? Are you desperately needing to know how to stop it? Tinnitus in itself is not a disease; rather it is a symptom of an underlying condition and will often require extensive testing to locate the source of discomfort. In some instances, simple lifestyle changes can minimize the
... Read more
How to Get Rid of Ear Wax

by Lawrence Jenkins ...

How to Get Rid of Ear Wax Ear wax is annoying, not only because it fills the ears and inhibits hearing, but because it can itch and irritate the inner ears. Trying to remove ear wax with cotton swabs or other objects, however, is dangerous. Luckily there is a quick and easy solution to your ear wax problems. Scroll up... and click on "Buy Now" to deliver almost instantly to your Kobo or other ... Read more

$6.27 USD

How to Get Rid of Ear Wax Ear wax is annoying, not only because it fills the ears and inhibits hearing, but because it can itch and irritate the inner ears. Trying to remove ear wax with cotton swabs or other objects, however, is dangerous. Luckily there is a quick and easy solution to your ear wax problems. Scroll up... and click on "Buy Now" to deliver almost instantly to your Kobo or other
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Terapia del Habla para Niños de 2 a 5 años

by Victor Montas ...

Los problemas del lenguaje hablado son varios. La mayoría de ellos son producto de la mala articulación de palabras, por malas costumbres o por pequeños problemas motores en los órganos que intervienen. Existe una gran cantidad de ejercicios que se pueden hacer con los niños en el aula en educación infantil y primaria, para mejorar y llegar a hacer desaparecer algunos de los problemas del lenguaje ... Read more

$5.39 USD

Los problemas del lenguaje hablado son varios. La mayoría de ellos son producto de la mala articulación de palabras, por malas costumbres o por pequeños problemas motores en los órganos que intervienen. Existe una gran cantidad de ejercicios que se pueden hacer con los niños en el aula en educación infantil y primaria, para mejorar y llegar a hacer desaparecer algunos de los problemas del lenguaje
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MémoireS

Juste un témpignage

by Odile de Sa, Mélanie Bustillo ...

Résumé :Ce livre n'est qu'un témoignage, rien de plus. Je ne prétends pas être la Pierre de Rosette, mais peut-être un petit trait d'union, une virgule, les 3 points de suspension qui peuvent aider. Le sujet de la « Mémoire » te fascine, te touche ou tu veux comprendre une personne de ton entourage ou toi-même ? Tu as l'impression d'être différent ? D'avoir des difficultés à comprendre le monde ... Read more

$2.17 USD

Résumé :Ce livre n'est qu'un témoignage, rien de plus. Je ne prétends pas être la Pierre de Rosette, mais peut-être un petit trait d'union, une virgule, les 3 points de suspension qui peuvent aider. Le sujet de la « Mémoire » te fascine, te touche ou tu veux comprendre une personne de ton entourage ou toi-même ? Tu as l'impression d'être différent ? D'avoir des difficultés à comprendre le monde
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How Do Pets Sound? | Sense & Sensation Books for Kids

by Baby Professor ...

Review your kids’ ability to identify animals used as pets as well as to inject knowledge about these animals’ sounds with this sense and sensation books edition for kids. Ensured to keep your kids attention and interest, this book presents the learning method in a creative and colorful way. No boredom is allowed for your precious ones. Get a copy now! ... Read more

$3.59 USD

Review your kids’ ability to identify animals used as pets as well as to inject knowledge about these animals’ sounds with this sense and sensation books edition for kids. Ensured to keep your kids attention and interest, this book presents the learning method in a creative and colorful way. No boredom is allowed for your precious ones. Get a copy now!
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Valuing Deaf Worlds in Urban India

by Michele Ilana Friedner ...

Although it is commonly believed that deafness and disability limits a person in a variety of ways, Valuing Deaf Worlds in Urban India describes the two as a source of value in postcolonial India. Michele Friedner argues that the experiences of deaf people offer an important portrayal of contemporary self-making and sociality under new regimes of labor and economy in India.Friedner contends that ... Read more

$22.04 USD

Although it is commonly believed that deafness and disability limits a person in a variety of ways, Valuing Deaf Worlds in Urban India describes the two as a source of value in postcolonial India. Michele Friedner argues that the experiences of deaf people offer an important portrayal of contemporary self-making and sociality under new regimes of labor and economy in India.Friedner contends that
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