We’re the kind of people made uncomfortable by expressions of love. Recently, I took my ten-year-old daughter and fourteen-year-old son to visit the great grandma in the nursing home and on the drive there I shared stories about her with the kids. I told them how Great Grandma was ...
Over time hearing aid systems have improved through many changes. Old-fashioned hearing devices created trouble due to their enormous size and uncomfortable fit while producing weak sound quality. Hearing aid technology now produces smaller devices that perform better than ever before. Smart hearing ai...
Group rides also put me in an uncomfortable position. I can’t hear people coming up beside me, nor can I carry on casual conversation. If I try to, it takes so much concentration that I am unable to ride safely. This also applies to running and any training with others. I’m not ...
Something I haven’t really told you about over the years has been one of my mom’s biggest trials. My mom has had hearing loss and worn hearing aids as long as I can remember (having a mom that could read lips was both a good and a bad thing when I was a teenager;). Even tho...
My hearing aids (NHS) make music sound extremely strange by the way, if I go out wearing them it is like being in a riot and makes me jumpy. Also with me it seems like 2 days wearing hearing aids results in 2 days where I am exhausted and barely able to function. I guess don't...
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So when I first started having problems hearing in my mid-twenties at business school, I hid it, following his example. And when I got my first pair of hearing aids, I refused to wear them, afraid someone might see them. I was embarrassed. I am not sure why. Was it a learned respo...
If you rely on hearing aids and read lips, your opportunity to ‘hear’ is drastically reduced. No one at ‘jail’ will interpret and assist you. “We can’t,” you are told. As you struggle to understand words, learn details, to check on your minor, and to learn about the legal ...
I’d had enough. My health was already in decline, and I was losing weight. I arranged a meeting with Rowan to request that I step back to a position of assistant manager to reduce my work load. At the time of the very uncomfortable meeting, he said to my face…”You should ...
listen. Heather has your wallet, your keys, and I am going to drive your car away tonight. You have no land line in the house, and your mobile phone is already in Heather’s purse. She’s password protected your computer, so you can’t use that, either. So, what are you going to...