Deaf Sentence, by David Lodge (2008, Harvill Secker, Ł16.19)

Set in Lodge's familiar world of academia, this novel portrays the stark reality of progressive deafness in minutely accurate detail.
Desmond Bates, a professor of linguistics, has taken early retirement because he can no longer hear well enough in an interactive teaching context.
With a mixture of pathos and humour, Lodge provides a perceptive account of Desmond's efforts to deal with the demands of an ageing father, weird student and his wife, Fred, against a backdrop of misunderstandings, silence and 'faux pas'.

If any of you are dealing with deafness, as I am, you will suffer and laugh in turn at Desmond's challenges. Lodge 'hits the spot' with this account.