When I wrote Shouting Won’t Help (2013), a memoir of losing my hearing, I went into full confessional mode. I wrote about my struggles with anxiety and isolation and depression as my hearing loss worsened. I wrote about denial, anger, grief, about drinking too much and seeing a therapist, about losing my job. I also wrote about … Continue reading The Emotional Side of Hearing Loss
Hearing Loss and Depression
Hearing Loss Won’t Kill You, or Will It?
I published this post on my Psychology Today blog, which is aimed at psychotherapists. But I thought the readers of this blog might also find it interesting. If you are a therapist and have a patient with hearing loss, please read this to get a sense of what your patient may be experiencing. I lost … Continue reading Hearing Loss Won’t Kill You, or Will It?
Katherine Bouton: Smart Hearing 