HLAA-TC Book Club met on Monday, April 27, 2026 to discuss the memoir “Losing Music” By John Cotter and we welcomed author John Cotter.
The next book and book club will be Tuesday May 26th 5pm Western/7pm Central/8pm Eastern and the book is the novel “All The Light We Cannot See” By Anthony Doerr. ZOOM REGISTER HERE
For a brief summary of the April book club of “Losing Music” and links discussed, see below:
- John Cotter’s website
- Since the book was published he and his wife have moved back to the East Coast and he has been starting to adjunct teach again. This semester he is teaching at Emerson College.
- Cotter’s book publisher – Milkweed Editions – is a Minneapolis publisher
- Cotter’s publisher has some great links related to interviews and podcasts John has done, check out their page on him and his book here.
- Cotter’s experience with hearing loss and vertigo started 15 years ago and led him down a winding path to the “diagnosis” of Ménière’s Disease which he describes as less a diagnosis and more a process of elimination. He also believes since little is known about Ménière’s that it’s a group of conditions.
Some links I found about Ménière’s:- Mayo Clinic Ménière’s page
- National Institute of Health (NIH) page on Ménière’s disease
- A video by Vestibular Disorders Association on Ménière’s disease
- An interesting article (warning: old and scholarly) on Jonathan Swift’s Ménière’s.
- A reading list of articles and books about Ménière’s, vertigo and other vestibular disorders from Vestibular Disorders Association (VEDA)
- Technology discussed:
- Book club member Leisla shared a transcription recording device (AI Voice Recorder with Playback) available on Amazon that can be used independently from your hearing aids so they can be used at the same time. They can be found here.
- HLAA-TC had a chapter meeting in April with a presentation on AirCaps caption glasses. They are glasses that allow you to read live captions of what is being said to you on the lenses of the glasses. They can also translate languages. They are expensive but quite a bit cheaper than hearing aids (unfortunately not covered by insurance). You can watch the presentation on our YouTube channel here.
Thank you to all who joined us and thank you again to author John Cotter.