"This is a wonderful book for audiolgists, audiology students and for people interested in hearing loss and cochlear implants. Ms Romoff is able to describe the issues related to not hearing and to learning to hear again. It is a wonderfully inspirational story that should be a must for every audiologist and physician working with families affected by hearing loss." --Jane R. Madell, PhD, Director, Hearing and Learning Center, Beth Israel Medical Center and Professor, Clinical Otolaryngology ".a great pleasure.Arlene's perspicacity, sensitivity, and shining good humor come through on each page.the doors of your perception open."--Karen and Gene Wilder. ".will enrich the lives of many."--Richard Herring, director, New Jersey Division of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. "I certainly don't take my hearing for granted anymore, and I have an even deeper sensitivity to people with hearing losses in social situations."--Lisa Carling, director, Theatre Development Fund, Theatre Access Project. "I have learned.what it is like to lose one's hearing and then regain some of it."--Mardie Younglof, CI user and associate editor, CONTACT, the publication of Cochlear Implant Club International. It's a medical miracle--and a story that will inspire you, touch you, and perhaps even change your own life (or the life of one you love). Arlene Romanoff began losing her hearing when she was just twenty and started a slow descent into deafness. No cause could be found; no known cure existed. She struggled to function, using hearing aids and reading lips. But, just as soon as she gained a coping skill or a new piece of equipment, her hearing would worsen again, leaving her back at the beginning. Finally, nothing at all worked: she had become profoundly deaf. Her salvation lay in the most cutting-edge technology: a surgically implanted cochlear implant, with computer chip and magnet. Once attached to an external device that stimulates the auditory nerve.hearing is possible once again. Here is the amazing diary of her experiences, shared with family, friends, and colleagues. It will let you know--probably for the first time--what life is like without sound.and how it feels to join the hearing world once again. This is a book about joy and the wonder of small things. More than a diary of Romoff's first-year experiences with her cochlear implant (CI), it is a record of her growing confidence as her hearing gradually improved after a 30-year decline into profound deafness. Compiled from her Internet postings, the book offers much for those contemplating a CI but also for anyone who enjoys graceful writing. Romoff draws the reader into a world of rediscovered delights: the ping of an elevator button, the jingle of keys, or the pleasures of social gatherings, music, and no-longer-silent nature walks. This book does not address the technical aspects of cochlear implants or the controversy over implants within the deaf community, but it does chronicle one person's yearlong odyssey from deafness to functional hearing. Purchase where interest warrants. Ann Forister, Roseville P.L., CA Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. Enjoy this book, as we did, and expect to be surprised at every turn of the page. -- Gene and Karen Wilder So many people could benefit from your experience and have a better understanding of not only the cochlear implant (CI).. -- Pat Tomlinson - Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor, Retired Your chronicles will enrich the lives of many who read about your CI exploits! -- Richard Herring - Director, NJ Division of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Arlene Romoff began losing her hearing during her college years. It continued to decline gradually until, almost thirty years later, she was left profoundly deaf. When hearing aids no longer worked for her, she elected to get a cochlear implant, a computerized device that stimulates the auditory nerve directly. For the next year, Arlene shared her experiences, via email, with family, friends and colleagues. These "postings" are brought together in HEAR AGAIN, a fasinating chronicle of what life was like without hearing, and her return to the world of sound with this miraculous device. Arlene is active in advocacy efforts for deaf and hard of hearing people, serving on the committees and boards of several organizations. She resides in northern New Jersey with her husband, Ira, a bank executive, and is the mother of two adult children, Emily and Michael. Used Book in Good Condition