So Now I Am Deaf: The Psychosocial Side of Facing Hearing Loss

Living with hearing loss requires individuals to maintain high levels of mental and physical vigilance to detect, process, and respond rapidly to unpredictable or hard-to-perceive auditory inputs. Such vigilance can be an unrecognized source of stress. This presentation describes a set of coping strategies designed to recognize, talk about, and work with the stressors of living with a hearing impairment.

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Length: 60 minutes

Cost: Free to View

Course Objectives:

• Participants will be able to describe three sources of stress when living with hearing loss.
• Participants will be able to list three coping strategies.
• Participants will be able to describe the effect of hearing loss on self-concept.
• Participants will be able to describe five stages of the “help-seeking process”.

Course Instructor(s):
Kristina English, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Akron