Katherine Bouton

Katherine Bouton is the author of "Smart Hearing," a complete, accessible and up to date guide to living with hearing loss. "Smart Hearing" is for anyone who has hearing loss, newly diagnosed or longstanding. Family and friends, audiologists, social workers, clergy and others who work with those who may have a hearing impairment -- one in six Americans, increasing to two-thirds of those over 70 -- will benefit from the author's perspective as patient/client/consumer. Kirkus Reviews said: "Highly description and comprehensive... this book offers guidance and strategic pathways to live and thrive with adult-onset hearing loss." Katherine Bouton is also the author of "Shouting Won’t Help", a Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of 2013, which described how she learned to navigate the maze of hearing loss on her own after suddenly losing her hearing at age 30. Her book "Living Better With Hearing Loss" has been updated, expanded and retitled "Smart Hearing: Strategies, Skills and Resources for Living Better with Hearing Loss." Katherine Bouton’s 40-year career in journalism included 22 years as a senior editor at The New York Times, where her primary focus was the intersection of science and society. Her blog, Hearing Aids, Hearing Loss, Hearing Help appears at katherinebouton.com. She was a weekly contributor on hearing issues at AARP for two years, and her writing appears in many magazines and online journals. She serves on the Board of Trustees of the Hearing Loss Association of America, and is President of the New York City Chapter of HLAA. She can be reached at SmartHearingBouton@gmail.com.