A QUIET WORLD: Living with Hearing Loss, by David G. Myers, Yale University Press, 2000, 211pp. (Call no. RF290.M84).

If you are one of the 28 million Americans with hearing loss this book is for you. If you have a loved one, or other friend, with hearing loss, this book is also for you.

The author. David Myers, professor of psychology at Hope College, invites you into his life to share what it means to live in a hearing world as a hard of hearing person. It can be lonely. as well as frustrating. The book, through humor and anecdotes, helps the reader become aware of the challenge of coping in the "quiet world" of hearing loss. This book is relevant to a lot of beautiful people at St. Philip's.