About Me
I was born with a severe hearing loss in my left ear and a moderate hearing loss in my right ear due to a defect in my middle ears. Unfortunately, my hearing loss was not discovered until I was in the third grade. I was fitted with a BTE (behind the ear) hearing aid in my left ear when I was 8 or 9 years old. After having my hearing aid, I vastly improved in school. It wasn't until 2001 before I began to wear hearing aids fitted in both of my ears. Prior to this I always had only hearing aid in my left ear. Although, I was hearing and coping with my hearing loss but I was still missing out on much more sounds and conversations. I was fitted with ITE (in the ear) hearing aids. My hearing improved even more and so the my personal and professional life. I am currently fitted with BTE hearing aids again since my hearing had gradually been deteriorating over the years and the ITE hearings aids have become less effective. I have been wearing hearings aids for over 35 years now. I have experienced the trials and tribulations of being a hearing aid wearer. Although, my hearing aids have assisted me with the joys of hearing. Hearings aids are never to meant to restore your hearing completely it's a device to assist you with hearing. One day I hope that technological advances in modern medicine can one day restore hearing loss until then the advances in hearing aid technology has given us all hope to get close to "normal" hearing as possible.
