Download or read book Tinnitus Toolbox Hyperacusis Handbook: Desk Reference Edition written by Jan L. Mayes and published by Library and Archives Canada. This book was released on 2019-02-06 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tinnitus Toolbox Hyperacusis Handbook is an excellent desk reference for homes, clinics, and libraries. Recommended by US Review of Books, it is also a 2019 International Book Awards winning finalist in Health: General. Tinnitus is when people hear extra sounds like ringing or buzzing. Hyperacusis is when people hear sounds extra loud or painful. People with tinnitus-hyperacusis distress are still being told nothing can be done. Something can be done. Tinnitus Toolbox Hyperacusis Handbook covers currently available international science-based approaches including self-help, guided self-help, professional treatments, clinical trials, and experimental research. This book describes options and how to use them most effectively. For people in the hearing loss and Deaf communities, this includes coping tools that don't rely on sound or hearing to help lower any tinnitus or hyperacusis related distress. There are chapters on noise damage (occupational and environmental), noise control, and hearing protection, including hyperacusis overprotection. Universal hearing healthcare is described as a way of significantly cutting overall healthcare costs. This book gives people the current state of Hyper Ears World. The factual science-based info they need to be informed consumers about the tools they choose to use in their personal tinnitus-hyperacusis toolbox. To avoid defective products and scams. To find no to low cost tools including free mobile apps. To find the tools needed to cope better and have a better quality of life. For clinicians and people with tinnitus or hyperacusis, knowledge is power. Flesch Reading Ease = 66 Author Jan L. Mayes has the unique perspective of both having tinnitus-hyperacusis for over 30 years, and working as an audiologist specializing in tinnitus-hyperacusis evaluation, management, and prevention. She is particularly interested in noise-induced damage to hearing health. Her career spans hearing healthcare, health and safety education, hearing conservation, and authoring horror fiction and non-fiction noise and hearing health related articles, books, and educational materials.