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Becoming Hearing Empowered: A Guided Journal for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (Revised)
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Shine Press
Published
Sep 16, 2024
ISBN-13
9798990936720

Becoming Hearing Empowered: A Guided Journal for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (Revised)

by Rybak, Katherine S
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If you've been straining to hear conversations, feeling isolated, or putting off getting help because of embarrassment or stigma - you're not alone. On average, people wait nine years before seeking support for hearing loss. This guided journal meets you where you are and walks you through the journey toward confidence, connection, and self-advocacy.

Becoming Hearing Empowered combines practical knowledge with guided journaling and creative activities designed to help you:

  • Understand your hearing loss and learn to read your audiogram
  • Explore assistive technology and personalize your accommodations
  • Process the emotional impact of communication struggles
  • Fight internalized stigma and reframe your identity
  • Respectfully refute accusations of "selective hearing"
  • Confidently disclose your hearing loss and advocate for your needs in any situation

Hearing loss is a complex, often invisible disability. Knowing the nuts and bolts matters - but that knowledge won't help if you're too embarrassed to talk about your hearing loss or ask for the support you need. This journal gives you space to work through both.

Written by Katherine S. Rybak, M.Ed., NBCT - a person with lifelong hearing loss and a retired Teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing - this book brings together lived experience and professional expertise to guide you toward becoming hearing empowered.

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BrandShine Press
Pub dateSep 16, 2024
ISBN-109798990936720
ISBN-139798990936720
LanguageEnglish
Bindingpaperback
Print length296 pages
Dimensions9.25 × 0.8 × 7.5 in
Weight2 lb
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