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When I was very, very, very young I remember going to the West Texas Rehabilitation Center
at least once every month, two or three, to have my hearing tested.
And it was not good.
I was one of those people in school, in elementary school, we were always seated alphabetically.
And my name, Todd, I was toward the end of the alphabet of course, but I always got moved
to the front row so I could hear the teacher.
There was a good-looking girl, an “S”, therefore I would’ve sat close to, except
for I had to move to the front of the room…
But I think that hearing loss has an added dimension, a negative dimension, in that people
think of you as not able to keep up with everyone else.
It becomes real clear when you can’t hear. “What, what, what…” those are the most
common three words I can say.
But not dealing with it will affect you a lot more negatively than you can possibly
imagine.
It’s not what you know you don’t hear, it’s what you don’t know you don’t hear.
On the flipside, addressing it positively, you will notice it day one. When you put that
hearing aid in, you can all of a sudden hear.
And it makes a difference.