Listening Disorders
A collection of thoughts and ideas regarding hearing loss, auditory processing disorders, psychological blocks to listening, and more
Listening Disorders
There is no shame in having hearing loss, so instead of apologizing for it, we can stand tall and create good communication. And that starts with learning what will make our personal hearing loss journeys as smooth and productive as possible.
Gael Hannan • Who Tells Us How to Be Good At Hearing Loss? | Hearing Health & Technology Matters
My contribution to this textbook:
Chapter 2 Why Some People Won't Can't Listen: An Introduction to Listening Disorders and Barriers to Effective Listening
Introduction
Chapter Objectives
Key Terms
What is Listening?
We Are All Born Listeners
Listening Begins with Hearing
And Hearing Begins with Sounds
Hearing and Understanding Voices
Hearing Loss
What is Hearing Loss?
Hearing Loss is at Epidemic Proportions Around the Globe
Types and Causes of Hearing Loss
Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
Hearing Loss: A Slow and Dangerous Progression
Hearing Loss and Listening
Auditory Closure and Prediction
Beyond Hearing: The Processes of Listening
Cognitive/Neurologic Disorders
Auditory processing disorders
Auditory processing disorder vs. attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
The Umwelt
Psychological Disorders
Exogenic Barriers
The High Cost of Ineffective Listening
Conclusion
References
While you might take listening for granted, how well you listen, to whom, and under what circumstances determines your life’s course—for good or ill.
Kate Murphy • You're Not Listening
Many medications that are given to elderly patients are ototoxic and exacerbate the individual's hearing loss.
How much headlong loss is too much?
Failing to address potentially modifiable risk factors for cognitive decline deprives patients of the opportunity to make informed decisions regarding potential opportunities to change their long-term cognitive health trajectory.
Untreated Hearing Loss, Hearing Aids, and Cognition: Correlational Outcomes 2025
Those with untreated hearing loss have no idea what they’re missing.
Hearing aids slow the rate of cognitive decline by up to 50% by maintaining a functioning brain and reducing the strain of attempting to understand what is being said to them.