![]() ![]() When I played music, the piano and guitar sounded tinny and my singing voice sounded like I was singing into a tin can. Rustling papers, plastic bags, car keys and my dog’s tags were annoyingly loud. It helped a little with hearing things I wanted to hear: voices, the TV, music on the computer, but my own voice sounded weird to me. I walked out into the world with new ears, the biggest part perched on the top of my ears, with little nubs inside my ears. But eventually I realized the cricket sound I was hearing was the clicking of his computer mouse. Part of it was my own voice whenever I said an S or a C. All the while, I heard what sounded like crickets. He told me about all the extra features I could buy. Then she shifted me over to the hearing aid guy, who stuck these loaners on my ears and set about programming them. I sat there in shock as she told me about the types of hearing aids I could get and how much they would cost–$5,000 for two hearing aids–and oh by the way, they don’t take credit cards. She followed the sounds with spoken words that got softer and softer.Ī mild to moderate loss, she said afterward, pointing to a graph that shows normal hearing at about 20, mine at about 35, and 60 where it may ultimately go. Often there seemed to be an echo of the sounds, and sometimes I didn’t hear anything for a long time. I was supposed to say “yes” when I heard one. ![]() The doc placed heavy-duty headphones over my ears, blocking out all other sounds, then played beeps and boops at various volumes and pitches. ![]() At the last two literary readings I attended, I couldn’t hear them read. There are certain people in my life whom I just can’t hear. A whole lot of life has happened since then. At the time, she saw a dip in the hearing in the right ear, but not enough to need hearing aids. I just wanted to find out if everybody was mumbling or I really couldn’t hear.Ībout 8 years ago, I had my hearing checked by the same audiologist, whom I had interviewed for the local newspaper. When I went to have my hearing checked last week, I had no idea I’d be walking out an hour later with hearing aids in both ears. ![]()
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