Lon
Well-known Member
- Location
- Central California
I wear hearing aids. have a hearing loss diagnosis classified as Profound. I would give my right foot in exchange for normal hearing for no other medical condition in my life has had such a frustrating or major impact on my life and that includes Prostate Cancer, Lymphoma & Atrial Fibrillation. Hearing loss has not only had a major impact on a marriage but on Social Intercourse. I no longer can enjoy any kind of music since all I hear is noise. Close Captioning for films helps because the dialouge is unintelligble. I write this not seeking sympathy, but rather as a attempt to educate those of you with normal hearing as to my particular kind of hearing loss. It's not the easily correctable volume which can be adjusted and controlled, it's the more difficult low & high frequencies & speech distinction, which unfortunately, at this point in time can't be corrected.
On a positive note I am gratefull that I can have phone calls streamed directly from my I Phone to my hearing aids and have almost normal conversation. Sitting face to face with someone three to eight feet in front of me results in normal conversation, but group conversation is out of the question and for a single 81 year old extroverted male all these things present a continual challenge.
Life is good.
Lon
On a positive note I am gratefull that I can have phone calls streamed directly from my I Phone to my hearing aids and have almost normal conversation. Sitting face to face with someone three to eight feet in front of me results in normal conversation, but group conversation is out of the question and for a single 81 year old extroverted male all these things present a continual challenge.
Life is good.
Lon