Ear, Nose & Throat

Each ebook gathers 50 first-person accounts of one condition or treatment. Together they cover hearing loss and the long wait before doing anything about it, hearing aids bought the traditional way and over the counter, cochlear implants, and tinnitus that never quite stops. Others deal with the nose and throat: chronic sinusitis, nasal polyps, eustachian tube dilation for ears that will not clear, adult tonsillectomy and its famously hard recovery, and the slow return of smell and taste after they disappear.

There are also books on the vertigo of Meniere's disease and on voice disorders, where losing a voice can mean losing a job. Writers describe the appointments, the devices, the cost, and the small social toll of asking people to repeat themselves. Family members appear throughout, since hearing loss is rarely experienced alone. Nobody here is telling you what to do; they are telling you what it was like. Every book arrives instantly as a PDF and an EPUB.

Where to start

• Sound Recovery: Hearing Loss Treatment Stories — for a new or worsening diagnosis.
• Aided and Abetted: Hearing Aid Experience Stories — the first weeks with a device.
• Ringing True: Tinnitus Management Stories — what people say helps them cope.
• Sinus Relief: Chronic Sinusitis Treatment Stories — years of infections, and what came next.
• Hearing the World: Cochlear Implant Stories — for families weighing an implant.
• Spinning World: Meniere's Disease Stories — living with unpredictable vertigo.