Losing Music by John Cotter (2023, Hardcover)

Name: Losing Music by John Cotter (2023, Hardcover)
Brand: Milkweed Editions

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A Vulture 2023 Best Book of the Year\n\u0093I was in the car the first time music seemed strange: the instruments less distinct, the vocals less crisp.\u0094 \nJohn Cotter was thirty years old when he first began to notice a ringing in his ears. Soon the ringing became a roar inside his head. Next came partial deafness, then dizziness and vertigo that rendered him unable to walk, work, sleep, or even communicate. At a stage of life when he expected to be emerging fully into adulthood, teaching and writing books, he found himself \u0093crippled and dependent,\u0094 and in search of care. \n When he is first told that his debilitating condition is likely M\u00E9ni\u00E8re\u0092s Disease, but that there is \u0093no reliable test, no reliable treatment, and no consensus on its cause,\u0094 Cotter quits teaching, stops writing, and commences\n\nLosing Music\nA Memoir of Art, Pain, and Transformation\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery ;