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Carol Perkins: time for a hearing exam Previous Column: Noticing changes By Carol Perkins It was time. I had been putting it off, but with more than a little encouragement, I made the appointment with an audiologist. A document on her wall showed a degree from Vanderbilt. I was in expert hands. Did I or did I not need hearing aids? After a battery of tests, I learned both ears were equally weak. Weakened by age, genetics, or by loud concerts. Since my dad couldn't hear well by the time he was forty, my mother for at least ten years, and my brother can't hear either, it's probably genetic. He goes through hearing aids (from VA) like most people do phone chargers. It was my turn. The doctor gave me options. I wasn't interested in any fancy hearing aids because the less to figure out, the better. However, she did sync them with my iPhone. She worked with the settings, taught me how to adjust the volume, and how to take care of them. As I left wearing my hearing aids, an unfamiliar sound followed me- the swishing of my pant legs as I walked down the hall. Others tell me I need to wear them all the time to get used to them, but I decided I would wear them when I desperately wanted to hear. The night I went to the movie, for example, I wore them so I would understand the dialogue instead of catching words and gluing them together. "Wow, this is great," I said to myself until the lady behind me launched into her popcorn. I heard every movement, over and over, of the hand grabbing the popcorn as she touched the side of the box, like a wadding of aluminum foil. I thought she'd never finish. The beauty of hearing aids is not having to ask people to repeat what they say. The drawback is hearing too much--too many sounds. For instance, the fly that zooms around my recliner sounds like a bomber plane. Then there's the swishing of my pant legs. For you that wear hearing aids, you can identify; for you who don't... your day will probably come. This story was posted on 2023-06-25 17:28:52
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