The Hearing Book (Part 1)
Well, I've got good and bad news to tell you about The Hearing Book ("How to cope with those difficult listening situations"), which was published by Consulting Psychologists Press in 1980.
The good news? The book consists of page after page of nicely-drawn late-period Al Wiseman artwork.
The bad? Sorry to say, the reproduction of Al's art is sadly atrocious. There are line dropouts everywhere!
All the extra time Al put into adding detail was for naught- his illustrations seem to have been printed from poor quality photocopies rather than more precise photostats.
You can bet Al hit the ceiling when he saw the finished product. Ouch!
Here's a bunch of Al's cartoon monkeys as seen through the magical gauzy filter of poor reproduction:
Above: (Page 8) "It is difficult to understand speech when a number of conversations are occurring around you at the same time."
The Hearing Book:
Part 1/Part 2/Part 3
4 Comments:
Bill, did you compare the monkeys in the hearing book to the monkeys in "Monkeys on a plane"?
Long time between monkeys, but very similar.
JRW
You're right, Jim. I didn't realize how similar the monkeys are.
When working on the Hearing Book, looks like your dad might have dug out an old copy of Dennis the Menace in Hawaii for monkey reference, no?
Could be Bill.
When I was around 7 or 8 (I think)
I was having difficulty with my hearing.
Dad didn't know.
He ended up shouting at me, which caused his blood presure to go up.
He saw me sitting with my back towards him, and tried to whisper to me.
I didn't react, and he realized my hearing was very bad.
To make it up to me, we went to a specialist in L.A.
The treatment brought me to tears, but seemed to work.
The big reward for all my tears was going to Disneyland.
Ahh, Disneyland in the early days.
Are there still copies of The Hearing Book out there?
JRW
Jim,
Thanks for sharing the story!
It would seem to explain your dad's interest in the book's subject matter (other than being a paying freelance job, that is). He sure did put a lot of work into the drawings...
I wonder if the hearing specialist you went to was somehow involved with the book?
I sent you an email listing places to order The Hearing Book. It's worth owning (even with the poor-quality art reproduction).
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