--- product_id: 1938410 title: "Shouting Won't Help: Why I--and 50 Million Other Americans--Can't Hear You" price: "€ 41.64" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 12 url: https://www.desertcart.es/products/1938410-shouting-wont-help-why-i-and-50-million-other-americans store_origin: ES region: Spain --- # Shouting Won't Help: Why I--and 50 Million Other Americans--Can't Hear You **Price:** € 41.64 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Shouting Won't Help: Why I--and 50 Million Other Americans--Can't Hear You - **How much does it cost?** € 41.64 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.es](https://www.desertcart.es/products/1938410-shouting-wont-help-why-i-and-50-million-other-americans) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Audiologists agree that we're experiencing a national epidemic of hearing loss. At present, 48 million Americans―17 percent of the population―suffer some degree of loss. More than half are under the age of fifty-five. In cases like Katherine Bouton's, who experienced sudden hearing loss at the age of thirty, the cause is unknown. In this deftly written and deeply felt look at a widespread and widely misunderstood phenomenon, Bouton recounts her own journey into deafness―and her return to the hearing world through the miracles of technology. She speaks with doctors, audiologists, neurobiologists, and others searching for causes and a cure, as well as those who have experienced hearing loss, weaving their stories with her own. Shouting Won't Help is an engaging and informative account of what it's like to live with an invisible disability―a must-read not only for those with hearing loss, who will recognize their stories in Bouton's own, but for their families, friends, employers, and caregivers. A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of 2013 Review: "For the adult with late onset hearing loss, there is no recovering the person you used to be." - Katherine Bouton has been a writer for the New Yorker, and her literate and informative writing skill come to serve us very well in this book which is part memoir. Clearly this book is going to attract those people with hearing loss or who have family with hearing loss. But as Bouton points out, this is a stunningly large number of people, one estimate is 17 per cent of people in the US. Yet the study of hearing loss and its treatment is deeply underfunded. More to the point, hearing loss is associated with extensive emotional and social loss that the hearing understand only marginally. I did pick up this book because my mother is struggling with hearing loss. She had shared her frustration, anger and depression with her isolation. This book is able to greatly enlarge my understanding of her struggle. Bouton has met with professionals in every facet of this loss. She provides vignettes with people in specific fields who have lost their hearing. These people include nurses and opera singers. She has been able to speak with a range of people in her situation and attend most of the venues for therapy and support across the country. (My mom is planning to read the book.) Most striking for me is the sheer exhaustion of effort that is required for a person to cope with conversation even with good hearing aids. As I mentioned, the writing in this memoir allows me to absorb quite a bit of knowledge but not in a cumbersome or tedious form. Bouton is witty and wry where the topic allows it. Her tone is not preachy or self absorbed. She is open and genuine with her self disclosure. Finally I have to say that I picked up the book for a specific purpose but enjoyed the reading for the pure pleasure of learning. In fact I am pleasantly surprised, not because of the writer, whom I respect, but because the topic seems unpromising. Finally she is able to offer some solutions, notably ways to move away from the effort to return to one's former self and towards one's new identity, even though this is certainly difficult. In summary, be it to find solidarity, gain compassion, learn new information, or simply enjoy a book; I recommend you read this book. Review: Good for the deaf and for their family and friends - This is an ideal book for those who want to understand their hearing loss in detail, particularly those with acquired deafness. It may be of less advantage to those whose hearing loss is not of that type. This is a long and detailed book with some redundancy, but not without its advantage. It reads much as a memoir of this articulate woman's journey from denial through her acceptance of her handicap to her ability to understand it and deal with it. Along the way we are also brought with her on this journey of discovery and enlightenment. Her coming to grips with her denial and what it meant to her career and her job performance were particularly interesting and applicable to many with the same handicap since in most people the loss is gradual and denial is so easy. This common affliction is also so poorly understood, both by those of us who suffer with it and more so by those who associate with us, that Ms Bouton's observation of her own depression over and over again brings this added burden well into the understanding of those who wonder why they feel the way they do about something they really did not think mattered that much. Who really knew that they were really bummed out that much by just not being able to hear until reading this book they came to understand, "Yes, I really do feel that way. And that is why?" Could one really be so depressed by something like that and not know it? When I asked my own physician he seemed a bit taken aback and really did not know what to think of it. Neither did I and I am a physician myself. Suffering with declining hearing for the past almost 40 years at least since I also had an episode of intense vertigo, I found it very easy to identify with much of what the author wrote. It is never easy in the professional world to admit handicap especially where communication is so vital. I am a radiologist and practice my specialty in the diseases of children. I see every week many studies on children with hearing loss and I found the book to be enlightening even at my level of expertise. There is much to be learned and the author does an admirable job in elucidating the state of the art and where it is going. She is to be commended. The book is particularly helpful perhaps to those who are challenged to live with the hearing impaired and this is an area where it may be particularly beneficial. For those who do not know how to deal with the hard of hearing, this book is a boon. The very title is a revelation. How often I have to say that I am only deaf, not dumb. One does not have to shout nor speak slowly nor dumb it down. The book should be read by our loved ones who might be able to love us more and tolerate our handicap better understanding what it really means to be challenged in this way. The book could be a little better organized to make it more readable for those who associate with the hearing impaired, but that might make it less readable in general and might impair the natural flow of the work. It would be nice if those chapters that are particularly beneficial to them could be marked so as to allow them to just read them and skip those that are more interesting to the impaired themselves or those who want to know more. I do not find this a major flaw, just that I do not think I could convince my wife, for instance, to read the book, even though I think it would make a great deal of difference in our relationship. The length may be intimidating for such persons whom we would just want to understand us better. Overall, I have read few books that helped me understand myself better than this one did. I never realized myself the impact that deafness has had upon me. My present hearing aids are already failing to provide me with the hearing support I need. I understand now better than any of my practitioners have given me to understand what is in store for me. For any who face this issue, whether the sufferer themselves or whether another in the family is hearing impaired, this is a good book to read. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #393,086 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #34 in Hearing Problems (Books) #262 in Disability Biographies #387 in Journalist Biographies | | Customer Reviews | 4.2 out of 5 stars 246 Reviews | ## Images ![Shouting Won't Help: Why I--and 50 Million Other Americans--Can't Hear You - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71haJvH8AwL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "For the adult with late onset hearing loss, there is no recovering the person you used to be." *by K***R on February 19, 2013* Katherine Bouton has been a writer for the New Yorker, and her literate and informative writing skill come to serve us very well in this book which is part memoir. Clearly this book is going to attract those people with hearing loss or who have family with hearing loss. But as Bouton points out, this is a stunningly large number of people, one estimate is 17 per cent of people in the US. Yet the study of hearing loss and its treatment is deeply underfunded. More to the point, hearing loss is associated with extensive emotional and social loss that the hearing understand only marginally. I did pick up this book because my mother is struggling with hearing loss. She had shared her frustration, anger and depression with her isolation. This book is able to greatly enlarge my understanding of her struggle. Bouton has met with professionals in every facet of this loss. She provides vignettes with people in specific fields who have lost their hearing. These people include nurses and opera singers. She has been able to speak with a range of people in her situation and attend most of the venues for therapy and support across the country. (My mom is planning to read the book.) Most striking for me is the sheer exhaustion of effort that is required for a person to cope with conversation even with good hearing aids. As I mentioned, the writing in this memoir allows me to absorb quite a bit of knowledge but not in a cumbersome or tedious form. Bouton is witty and wry where the topic allows it. Her tone is not preachy or self absorbed. She is open and genuine with her self disclosure. Finally I have to say that I picked up the book for a specific purpose but enjoyed the reading for the pure pleasure of learning. In fact I am pleasantly surprised, not because of the writer, whom I respect, but because the topic seems unpromising. Finally she is able to offer some solutions, notably ways to move away from the effort to return to one's former self and towards one's new identity, even though this is certainly difficult. In summary, be it to find solidarity, gain compassion, learn new information, or simply enjoy a book; I recommend you read this book. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good for the deaf and for their family and friends *by S***E on April 21, 2013* This is an ideal book for those who want to understand their hearing loss in detail, particularly those with acquired deafness. It may be of less advantage to those whose hearing loss is not of that type. This is a long and detailed book with some redundancy, but not without its advantage. It reads much as a memoir of this articulate woman's journey from denial through her acceptance of her handicap to her ability to understand it and deal with it. Along the way we are also brought with her on this journey of discovery and enlightenment. Her coming to grips with her denial and what it meant to her career and her job performance were particularly interesting and applicable to many with the same handicap since in most people the loss is gradual and denial is so easy. This common affliction is also so poorly understood, both by those of us who suffer with it and more so by those who associate with us, that Ms Bouton's observation of her own depression over and over again brings this added burden well into the understanding of those who wonder why they feel the way they do about something they really did not think mattered that much. Who really knew that they were really bummed out that much by just not being able to hear until reading this book they came to understand, "Yes, I really do feel that way. And that is why?" Could one really be so depressed by something like that and not know it? When I asked my own physician he seemed a bit taken aback and really did not know what to think of it. Neither did I and I am a physician myself. Suffering with declining hearing for the past almost 40 years at least since I also had an episode of intense vertigo, I found it very easy to identify with much of what the author wrote. It is never easy in the professional world to admit handicap especially where communication is so vital. I am a radiologist and practice my specialty in the diseases of children. I see every week many studies on children with hearing loss and I found the book to be enlightening even at my level of expertise. There is much to be learned and the author does an admirable job in elucidating the state of the art and where it is going. She is to be commended. The book is particularly helpful perhaps to those who are challenged to live with the hearing impaired and this is an area where it may be particularly beneficial. For those who do not know how to deal with the hard of hearing, this book is a boon. The very title is a revelation. How often I have to say that I am only deaf, not dumb. One does not have to shout nor speak slowly nor dumb it down. The book should be read by our loved ones who might be able to love us more and tolerate our handicap better understanding what it really means to be challenged in this way. The book could be a little better organized to make it more readable for those who associate with the hearing impaired, but that might make it less readable in general and might impair the natural flow of the work. It would be nice if those chapters that are particularly beneficial to them could be marked so as to allow them to just read them and skip those that are more interesting to the impaired themselves or those who want to know more. I do not find this a major flaw, just that I do not think I could convince my wife, for instance, to read the book, even though I think it would make a great deal of difference in our relationship. The length may be intimidating for such persons whom we would just want to understand us better. Overall, I have read few books that helped me understand myself better than this one did. I never realized myself the impact that deafness has had upon me. My present hearing aids are already failing to provide me with the hearing support I need. I understand now better than any of my practitioners have given me to understand what is in store for me. For any who face this issue, whether the sufferer themselves or whether another in the family is hearing impaired, this is a good book to read. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Losing Your hearing can be an unwelcome, disorienting, distressing shock. Some tips for survival. *by N***R on March 27, 2026* Losing your hearing, no matter what your age, can be a bewildering and isolating experience. This first person account is an honest look at what it's like, with sound advice for how best to adjust. 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