Thursday, September 5, 2013

The Gift of Hearing


YES!
I’ve been wearing my new hearing aid for 3½ hours
and it is truly Christmas in September.
I connect it to my iPod and don’t have to have earphones in my ears.
I will have stereophonic sound on the TV and cell phone.
(Too bad no one ever calls me.)
I can hear DeRay sitting on my right.
In fact, I had to turn the sound down.
Amazing.
After nearly 10 years.
If I had gone in last summer when I first heard about SoundBite,
I would have been disgruntled.
This transmitter is new this year.
That in itself is a miracle.
I say “hearing aid” instead of “hearing aids”
because I only have one hearing aid and
one transmitter.
I think my brain is busy reorganizing everything.
It had adjusted to single-sided hearing.
I feel a little confused.
Settle down brain.
This is a good thing.
Believe me.

5 comments:

Melissa said...

I am so happy that it worked so well for you!!!

desplingca said...

When I first got eye glasses, I was in high school. It was such a remarkable change that they were the first thing I put on in the morning, and the last thing I took off at night. No one had to coach me to wear them. Apparently that is so with you and your hearing aid. Great!

desplingca said...

Hey, I meant coax, but I guess coach ia goot too.

desplingca said...

Hey, I meant good, but I guess goot is good too.

JJ said...

DeLoy: Coach is a good word for hearing aids. I had an hour of coaching and I think I should have brought the coach home with me. It's more the Phonak TV Link that baffles me. You have to be a bit dexterous to handle those tiny batteries that have to be changed about every three days, right? I told him that since I don't talk to anyone all day, maybe I'll just put them in when I go somewhere. "Look, you paid for them - wear them!" Plus, I do think its a bit of an adjustment for the brain with the Cros thingamajig. Melissa, I always appreciate your comments. You're my personal cheerleader.