Call Today (530) 419-1256 Visit Our Website http://Hearing-Aids-Woodland-CA.com 433 Second Street, Suite 104 Woodland, California 95695 (530) 419-1256 Each person goes through their own process of coming to terms with hearing loss, there are generalities that can be made about people’s coping strategies.

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2. A Personal Hearing Loss
Approach Coping Styles of
To Hearing Spouses
Care

3. Each person goes
A Personal through their own
process of coming
Approach to terms with
To Hearing hearing loss, there
are generalities
Care that can be made
about people’s
coping strategies.

4. A Personal Protector/Manager
this spouse assumes
Approach the responsibility for
getting what the hard
To Hearing of hearing person
Care needs because of the
hearing loss.

5. Uninvolved/Hands-off
A Personal this spouse lacks any
concern at all, the
Approach hard of hearing
To Hearing individual, after all, is
the person with a
Care problem and that is
who needs to learn to
cope with it.

6. A Personal Criticizer
when there is a
Approach hearing loss within
a relationship,
To Hearing there is bound to
Care be breakdowns in
communication.

7. A Personal Victim
this spouse has
Approach difficulty empathizing
with the hard of
To Hearing hearing spouse
Care because s/he is so
wrapped up in the
effect the hearing
loss has on her/him.

8. A Personal Resigned/Reminiscer
this spouse is able to
Approach look back at all the
good times they have
To Hearing had as a couple and
Care is resigned to the
changes in their life.

9. Supporter/Encourager
A Personal this spouse is upbeat
Approach and helps and
encourages the hard of
To Hearing hearing individual
without coddling or
Care demeaning him/her.

10. So which coping style
A Personal do you use? Which one
Approach does your spouse use?
It’s worth a
To Hearing conversation…a
conversation that
Care could bring connection
and closeness back
into your relationship.

11. A Personal Call Today
Approach (530) 419-1256
To Hearing
Care
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www.Hearing-Aids-Woodland-CA.com