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When the Phone Rings, My Bed Shakes

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Excellent autobiography & well worth reading. I should explain here that I prefer biographies that do not indulge in psychoanalysis of the biographee. For this reason, I often prefer those that are written in first person & those that are written by the person himself/herself.

Zazove does an excellent job. His writing is very clear & flows well. His life story is interesting, if for no other reason than to dispel so many of the hearing people's assumptions about those who lack hearing.

I did find the chronology a little hard to follow, as he jumps back & forth between his current practice in Utah & his childhood & academic career. He says little about his childhood, probably because it was very normal with little by way of shocking or horrifying events. Highly recommended for those who like biographies/autobiographies and for those who are interested in the life of a deaf doctor.

I am going deaf due to a tumor and this is the best book I have read yet. It is not easy going from hearing to deaf at 39 and
I am trying to understand what it is I will be going through in the next couple of years and this book has been of great help.
I wish Philip, MD Zazove would wirte more books.

I recomend this to anyone who is hearing or Deaf or HOH.
He explains everything in simple terms and he is very funny.
He wrote about things I never would have thought of.
I am glad I found his book.

I am deaf in one ear and Hard of Hearing in the other. As such this book expressed many feelings and experiences I share with the author. I was so impressed with his abilities and successes in his life and in his determination to become a medical doctor. I get frustrated just trying to talk and understand my doctors. Having had 3 surgeries and 2 emergency visits in the past 2 years, I've had more than my share of doctor contacts. It is so difficult for me to even imagine being a doctor with hearing limitations. It is hard for me to conceive of hearing patients being comfortable with the situation. But the descriptions of situations and the doctor's thoughts explain everything so naturally that it all seems normal. This is a book that all Hard of Hearing, as well as hearing people will enjoy and should read. I have already shared it with friends and will continue to do so.
THANK YOU!

The author rambles a little bit, and the story jumps back and forth between the present and the past, but it's still an interesting book.

Hearing parents of deaf children would probably find comfort in this book. Understandably, they may be worried about what the future holds for their deaf child. Here you will read the first-hand account of a deaf man who became a doctor, a husband and father, living a completely normal life. Most hearing people have never met a deaf person in their life, and this adds to the confusion for hearing parents who have just been told that their child is deaf. Reading this book should bring some peace of mind to those parents, and hope for their child's future.