Silence is Golden, But Not When It's Unwanted
Today I walked into a center where they sell hearing aids. I filled out the application and gave them the hearing test from the ENT, which was all Greek to me. I sat down and the first thing the guy said was, “I have to know your story. We normally don’t see people with this kind of hearing loss at such a young age.” Most people don’t know I have a hearing deficiency. If you call out my name and I don’t turn, don’t think I’m being rude. Just wave your arms, that’ll catch my attention. Sure, I can hear, not totally deaf. My husband didn’t believe for the longest time that I have a hearing problem. I guess he thinks I’m just ignoring him. Well, I’ll let you in on a secret, not being able to hear well does help to ignore certain irritants. Lol But mostly, it’s exhausting. We don’t go to movies any more, which given the cost of tickets and popcorn, it’s not a big loss. When the movies were affordable, I would have to take a Tylenol before the show, so I wouldn’t walk out of